forward-looking
[fawr-werd-loo k-ing]
- planning for or anticipating possible future events, conditions, etc.; progressive.
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Origin of forward-looking
First recorded in 1790–1800
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Contemporary Examples
The advocates of slavery used the New Testament, and Shalev says this “was in itself innovative and forward-looking.”
Even for the most forward-looking courtier, that might be a modernization too far.
Would a forward-looking perspective sound too much like a collection of predictions and promises?
Historical Examples
And the Organising Activity is not only upward-reaching, but forward-looking.
The Heart of NatureFrancis Younghusband
This is a forward-looking establishment where futures are made to order.
The Art of Stage DancingNed Wayburn
Joubert already noticed this forward-looking of the modern mind.
The Intellectual Life=Philip Gilbert Hamerton
I summon all honest men, all patriotic, all forward-looking men to my side.
But all the while there is a part of him that remains a sound Christian, a moralist, a right thinking and forward-looking man.
In Defense of WomenH. L. Mencken