going forward

adverb

In the immediate future and beyond.

“Going forward we plan to leverage our core competencies to gain market share.”

Meanings

adverb
  1. In the immediate future and beyond.

    Going forward we plan to leverage our core competencies to gain market share.

    1 more example

    […] Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Friday that going forward, when flash floods were forecast, the city would go door-to-door in neighborhoods with high concentrations of such apartments and evacuate residents.

    2021 September 3, Andy Newman, Luis Ferré-Sadurní, Tracey Tully, Jonah E. Bromwich, “Latest Updates: Death Toll Grows From Ida Flooding in Northeast”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

    Synonyms: henceforward, hereafter, moving forward

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn the immediate future and beyond.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 放眼未來 /放眼未来
  • 放眼未來 /放眼未来 (fàngyǎn wèilái)in the immediate future
Finnish lähitulevaisuudessa
  • lähitulevaisuudessain the immediate future
Portuguese doravante, daqui em diante
  • doravantein the immediate future
  • daqui em diantein the immediate future
Cite this entry
APA

going forward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/going%20forward

MLA

“going forward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/going%20forward. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “going forward,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/going%20forward.

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