Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 56
Forthwith (adv.) (Law) As soon as the thing required may be done by reasonable exertion confined to that object. -- Bouvier.
Forthwith (adv.) Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" [syn: immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot].
Forthy (adv.) 因此 Therefore.
Forties (n. pl.) See Forty.
Fortieth (a.) 第四十的；四十分之一的 Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine units, things, or parts.
Fortieth (a.) Constituting one of forty equal parts into which anything is divided.
Fortieth (n.) 第四十；四十分之一 One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-ninth.
Fortieth (a.) The ordinal number of forty in counting order [syn: fortieth, 40th].
Fortieth (n.) Position 40 in a countable series of things.
Fortifiable (a.) 可設防的 Capable of being fortified. -- Johnson.
Fortification (n.) 設防；築城，築壘 [U]；防禦工事 [P] The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy.
Fortification (n.) That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.
Fortification agate, Scotch pebble.
Syn: Fortress; citadel; bulwark. See Fortress.
Fortification (n.) Defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it [syn: fortification, munition].
Fortification (n.) The art or science of strengthening defenses.
Fortification (n.) The addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food).
Fortification (n.) [ C usually plural ] 防禦工事 Strong walls, towers, etc. that are built to protect a place.
// Some of the old fortifications still exist.
// The fortifications of the castle were massive and impenetrable.
Fortification (n.) [ U ] 強化；設防 The act of fortifying something.
Fortifier (n.) [C] 設防者，築城者；加固物 One who, or that which, fortifies, strengthens, supports, or upholds.
Fortified (imp. & p. p.) of Fortify.
Fortifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fortify.
Fortify (v. t.) 築防禦工事於；築堡壘於；（在肉體，精神等方面）增強，加強；加固……的結構 To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack.
Timidity was fortified by pride. -- Gibbon.
Pride came to the aid of fancy, and both combined to fortify his resolution. -- Sir W. Scott.
Fortify (v. t.) To strengthen and secure by forts or batteries, or by surrounding with a wall or ditch or other military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces.
Fortify (v. i.) 構築防禦工事；構築堡壘 To raise defensive works. -- Milton.
Fortify (v.) Make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries" [syn: {strengthen}, {beef up}, {fortify}] [ant: {weaken}].
Fortify (v.) Enclose by or as if by a fortification [syn: {fortify}, {fort}].
Fortify (v.) Prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border" [syn: {arm}, {build up} {fortify}, {gird}] [ant: {demilitarise}, {demilitarize}, {disarm}].
Fortify (v.) Add nutrients to; "fortified milk".
Fortify (v.) Add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!" [syn: {spike}, {lace}, {fortify}].
Fortilage (n.) A little fort; a blockhouse.
Fortin (n.) A little fort; a fortlet.
Fortissimo (adv.) Very loud; with the utmost strength or loudness.
Fortition (n.) Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard.
Fortitude (n.) 堅忍；剛毅；不屈不撓 [U] Power to resist attack; strength; firmness. [Obs.]
The fortitude of the place is best known to you. -- Shak.
Fortitude (n.) That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble.
Extolling patience as the truest fortitude. -- Milton.
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. -- Locke.
Syn: Courage; resolution; resoluteness; endurance; bravery. See {Courage}, and {Heroism}.
Fortitude (n.) Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage.
Fortitudinous (a.) 堅忍的 Having fortitude; courageous. [R.] -- Gibbon.
Fortlet (n.) A little fort.
Fortnight (n.) 十四日，兩星期 [S] The space of fourteen days; two weeks.
Fortnight (n.) A period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight" [syn: fortnight, two weeks].
Fortnightly (a.) 兩週一次的 Occurring or appearing once in a fortnight; as, a fortnightly meeting of a club; a fortnightly magazine, or other publication.
Fortnightly (adv.) 隔週地 Once in a fortnight; at intervals of a fortnight.
Fortnightly (n.) (pl. Fortnightlies) 雙週刊 A publication issued fortnightly (once every two weeks); a bi-weekly (one sense).
Fortread (v. t.) To tread down; to trample upon.
Fortresses (n. pl. ) of Fortress.
Fortress (n.) 城堡，要塞 A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
Fortress (v. t.) 築要塞，以要塞防守 To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify.
Fortress (n.) A fortified defensive structure [syn: {fortress}, {fort}].
Fortuitous (a.) 偶然的；幸運的；吉祥的 Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms.
Fortuitous (a.) (Law) Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes. -- Abbott.
Fortuitous (a.) Having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times" [syn: {causeless}, {fortuitous}, {uncaused}].
Fortuitous (a.) Occurring by happy chance; "profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials".
Fortuitous (a.) (Formal) （有利的事）偶然發生的，碰巧的 (of something that is to your advantage) Not planned, happening by chance.
// The timing of the meeting is certainly fortuitous.
// The collapse of its rivals was a fortuitous opportunity for the company. -- Fortuitously (adv.); -- Fortuitousness (n.)
Fortuitously (adv.) 偶然地；意外 By good fortune; "fortunately the weather was good" [syn: {fortunately}, {fortuitously}, {luckily}, {as luck would have it}] [ant: {alas}, {regrettably}, {unfortunately}, {unluckily}].
Fortuity (n.) 偶然，意外；偶然事件 Accident; chance; casualty. -- D. Forbes (1750).
Fortuity (n.) Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity" [syn: {accident}, {stroke}, {fortuity}, {chance event}].
Fortunate (a.) 幸運的，僥倖的 [+to-v] [（+in）] [+that]；帶來幸運的 Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment.
Fortunate (a.) Receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts; favored with good forune; lucky.
Syn: Auspicious; lucky; prosperous; successful; favored; happy.
Usage: {Fortunate}, {Successful}, {Prosperous}. A man is fortunate, when he is favored of fortune, and has unusual blessings fall to his lot; successful when he gains what he aims at; prosperous when he succeeds in those things which men commonly desire. One may be fortunate, in some cases, where he is not successful; he may be successful, but, if he has been mistaken in the value of what he has aimed at, he may for that reason fail to be prosperous.
Fortunate (a.) Having unexpected good fortune; "other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice" [ant: {unfortunate}].
Fortunate (a.) Supremely favored; "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust" [syn: {fortunate}, {golden}].
Fortunate (a.) Presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions" [syn: {fortunate}, {rosy}].
Fortunately (adv.) 運氣好地，幸運地 In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily.
Fortunately (adv.) By good fortune; "fortunately the weather was good" [syn: {fortunately}, {fortuitously}, {luckily}, {as luck would have it}] [ant: {alas}, {regrettably}, {unfortunately}, {unluckily}].
Fortunateness (n.) 幸運；僥倖；走運；吉利 The condition or quality of being fortunate; good luck; success; happiness.
Fortune (n.) 財產，財富；巨款 [C] [U]；好運，幸運 [U] [+to-v] The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life.
Fortune (n.) That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune.
Fortune (n.) That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a course of action; good or ill success; especially, favorable issue; happy event; success; prosperity as reached partly by chance and partly by effort.
Fortune (n.) Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune.
Fortune (v. t.)【古】給予財富 To make fortunate; to give either good or bad fortune to. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Fortune (v. t.) To provide with a fortune. -- Richardson.
Fortune (v. t.) To presage; to tell the fortune of. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Fortune (v. i.)【古】偶然發生；碰巧 [（+upon）] To fall out; to happen.
Fortune (n.) An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance" [syn: {luck}, {fortune}, {chance}, {hazard}].
Fortune (n.) A large amount of wealth or prosperity.
Fortune (n.) An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand" [syn: {luck}, {fortune}].
Fortune (n.) Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" [syn: {fortune}, {destiny}, {fate}, {luck}, {lot}, {circumstances}, {portion}].
Phrase:
Tell sb's fortune為（某人）算命 To discover what will happen to someone in the future, for example by looking at the lines on their hands or using a special set of cards.
Fortuneless (a.) Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion. -- Spenser.
Fortunize (v. t.) To regulate the fortune of; to make happy. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Forty (a.) 四十的；四十個的 Four times ten; thirty-nine and one more.
Forties (n. pl. ) of Forty
Forty (n.) 四十；四十個 The sum of four tens; forty units or objects.
Forty (n.) A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.
Forty (a.) Being ten more than thirty [syn: {forty}, {40}, {xl}, {twoscore}].
Forty (n.) The cardinal number that is the product of ten and four [syn: {forty}, {40}, {XL}].
Forty-spot (n.) The Tasmanian forty-spotted diamond bird (Pardalotus quadragintus).
Forums (n. pl. ) of Forum.
Fora (n. pl. ) of Forum.
Forum (n.) A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.
Forum (n.) A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.
He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the senate than in the forum. -- Brougham.
Forum (n.) A public meeting or assembly for open discussion.
Forum (n.) A public facility to meet for open discussion [syn: forum, assembly, meeting place].
Forum (n.) [Usenet, GEnie, CI$; pl. fora or forums] Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in BBS, a mailing list, or a newsgroup (see the network). A forum functions much like a bulletin board; users submit { postings for all to read and discussion ensues. Contrast real-time chat via talk mode or point-to-point personal email.
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Topic group
(Plural "fora" or "forums") Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in BBS (e.g. GEnie, CI$), a mailing list, or a Usenet newsgroup (see network, the). A forum functions much like a bulletin board; users submit postings for all to read and discussion ensues.
Contrast real-time chat or point-to-point personal e-mail.
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FORUM. () This term signifies jurisdiction, a court of justice, a tribunal.
FORUM. () The French divide it into for exterieur, which is the authority which human justice exercises on persons and property, to a greater or lesser extent, according to the quality of those to whom it is entrusted; and for interieur, which is the moral sense of justice which a correct conscience dictates. Merlin, Repert. mot For.
FORUM. () By forum res sitae is meant the tribunal which has authority to decide respecting something in dispute, located within its jurisdiction; therefore, if the matter in controversy is land, or other immovable property, the judgment pronounced in the forum res sitae is held to be of universal obligation, as to all matters of right and title on which it professes to decide, in relation to such property. And the same principle applies to all other cases of proceedings in rem, where the subject is movable property, within the jurisdiction of the court pronouncing the judgment. Story, Const. Laws, Sec. 532, 545, 551, 591, 592; Kaims on Eq. B. 3, c. 8, s. 4 1 Greenl. Ev. Sec. 541.
Forwaked (p. p. & a.) Tired out with excessive waking or watching. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Forwander (v. i.) To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness. [Obs.]
Forward (n.) An agreement; a covenant; a promise. [Obs.]
Tell us a tale anon, as forward is. -- Chaucer. Forward
Forward (adv.) Alt. of Forwards.
Forwards (adv.) 向前地；轉信，(可將某封信件轉送給某位用戶或某一站) Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.
Forward (a.) 向前的，早的，迅速的，在前的，進步的 Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet.
Forward (a.) Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; to hasty.
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. -- Gal. ii.10.
Nor do we find him forward to be sounded. -- Shak.
Forward (a.) Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too forward for his years.
I have known men disagreeably forward from their shyness. -- T. Arnold.
Forward (a.) Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring.
The most forward bud Is eaten by the canker ere it blow. -- Shak.
Forwarded (imp. & p. p.) of Forward.
Forwarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forward.
Forward (v. t.) 轉寄，促進，運送 To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement.
Forward (v. t.) To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter.
Forward (adv.) At or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations) [syn: forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard] [ant: back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards].
Forward (adv.) Forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" [syn: forth, forward, onward].
Forward (adv.) Toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you" [syn: ahead, forward] [ant: back, backward].
Forward (adv.) In a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" [syn: ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader].
Forward (adv.) Near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments" [syn: fore, forward] [ant: abaft, aft, astern].
Forward (a.) At or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion" [ant: backward].
Forward (a.) Used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline" [ant: backward].
Forward (a.) Of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear" [ant: reverse].
Forward (a.) Moving forward [syn: advancing, forward, forward-moving].
Forward (n.) The person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey.
Forward (n.) A position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team.
Forward (v.) Send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail" [syn: forward, send on].
Forward (verb) To send (a copy of) an electronic mail message that you have received on to one or more other addressees. Most e-mail systems can be configured to do this automatically to all or certain messages, e.g. Unix sendmail looks for a ".forward" file in the recipient's home directory.
Mailing+list+server+(or+"{mail+exploder">A mailing list server (or "{mail exploder") is designed to forward messages automatically to lists of people.
Unix manual page: aliases(5).
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Forward contract (n.) 遠期合約 In finance, a forward contract or simply a forward is a non-standardized contract between two parties to buy or to sell an asset at a specified future time at a price agreed upon today, making it a type of derivative instrument. [1] [2] The party agreeing to buy the underlying asset in the future assumes a long position, and the party agreeing to sell the asset in the future assumes a short position. The price agreed upon is called the delivery price, which is equal to the forward price at the time the contract is entered into.
The price of the underlying instrument, in whatever form, is paid before control of the instrument changes. This is one of the many forms of buy/ sell orders where the time and date of trade is not the same as the value date where the securities themselves are exchanged. Forwards, like other derivative securities, can be used to hedge risk (typically currency or exchange rate risk), as a means of speculation, or to allow a party to take advantage of a quality of the underlying instrument which is time-sensitive.
A closely related contract is a futures contract; they differ in certain respects. Forward contracts are very similar to futures contracts, except they are not exchange-traded, or defined on standardized assets. [3] Forwards also typically have no interim partial settlements or "true-ups" in margin requirements like futures – such that the parties do not exchange additional property securing the party at gain and the entire unrealized gain or loss builds up while the contract is open. However, being traded over the counter (OTC), forward contracts specification can be customized and may include mark-to-market and daily margin calls. Hence, a forward contract arrangement might call for the loss party to pledge collateral or additional collateral to better secure the party at gain.[clarification needed] In other words, the terms of the forward contract will determine the collateral calls based upon certain "trigger" events relevant to a particular counterparty such as among other things, credit ratings, value of assets under management or redemptions over a specific time frame, e.g., quarterly, annually,
Forward outright rate (n.) The forward rate of a foreign exchange contract, often expressed as U.S. dollars per foreign currency.
Forwarder (n.) One who forwards or promotes; a promoter.
Forwarder (n.) One who sends forward anything; (Com.) one who transmits goods; a forwarding merchant.
Forwarder (n.) One employed in forwarding.
Forwarding (n.) The act of one who forwards; the act or occupation of transmitting merchandise or other property for others.
Forwarding (n.) The process of putting a book into its cover, and making it ready for the finisher.
Forwardly (adv.) Eagerly; hastily; obtrusively.
Forwardness (n.) 提早；早熟；熱心；敏捷；魯莽；無禮 The quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness; as, the forwardness of Christians in propagating the gospel.
Forwardness (n.) An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness.
Forwardness (n.) Eagerness; ardor; as, it is difficult to restrain the forwardness of youth.
Forwardness (n.) Boldness; confidence; assurance; want of due reserve or modesty.
Forwardness (n.) A state of advance beyond the usual degree; prematureness; precocity; as, the forwardnessof spring or of corn; the forwardness of a pupil.
Forwards (adv.) Same as Forward.
Forwaste (v. t.) To desolate or lay waste utterly.
Forwweary (v. t.) To weary extremely; to dispirit.
Forweep (v. i.) To weep much.
Forwete (v. t.) See Forewite.
Forwhy (conj.) Wherefore; because.
Forworn (a.) Much worn.
Forwot () pres. indic. 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forwete.
Forwrap (v. t.) To wrap up; to conceal.
Foryelde (v. t.) To repay; to requite.
Foryete (v. t.) To forget.
Foryetten () p. p. of Foryete.
Forzando (adv.) See Sforzato.
Foshan (n.) 佛山（官方音譯：Foshan，傳統外文：Fatshan），簡稱禪、佛，是中國廣東省下轄的地級市，位於廣東省南部，是全省第三大城市。地處珠江三角洲腹地，東經113°06'，北緯23°02'，珠江水系中的西江、北江及其支流貫穿全境。東倚廣州，距離香港約231公里，距澳門約140公里。佛山氣候溫和，雨量充足，自古就是富饒的魚米之鄉。全市總面積3,798平方公里，常住人口743.06萬，戶籍人口388.97萬；也是著名僑鄉，旅外僑胞140萬人。
2015年，佛山市的地區生產總值為8,003.92億元，經濟總量位居廣州、深圳之後，為廣東省第三位，同時位列中國大陸地區城市GDP排行榜第十六位。
到2012年底，佛山銀行業本外幣各項存款餘額達到10,168億元，同比增長11%，這個數據在全國地級市中高居首位，人均存款額也躍居全國各大城市前列。
Formerly romanized as Fatshan, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers 3,848.49 km2 (1,485.91 sq mi) and has an urban population around 7.2 million in 2012. It forms part of the western side of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, which includes Guangzhou to the east and northeast and Shenzhen to the southeast.
Foshan is regarded as the home of the Cantonese versions of Chinese opera, kung fu and lion dance.
Foss[ae] (n. pl. ) of Fossa.
Fossa (n.) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossae containing the nostrils in most birds.
Fossane (n.) A species of civet (Viverra fossa) resembling the genet.
Fosse (n.) A ditch or moat.
Fosse (n.) See Fossa.
Fosset (n.) A faucet.
Fossette (n.) A little hollow; hence, a dimple.