going forward
In the future
Going forward means from this point onward, looking ahead rather than backward: Going forward, we'll need stricter protocols.
The phrase is business jargon that proliferated in the late twentieth century, often adding nothing that "from now on" or simply deleting it wouldn't accomplish.
Critics find it empty corporate-speak, but it persists in meetings, memos, and strategic plans.
- hereafterLife after death
- in the futureAt a subsequent time
- henceforwardFrom now on
- onwardToward what lies ahead
- aheadIn the lead
looking ahead · the road ahead · from now on · forthcoming · stepping · after this · further · progress · advance · moving on · marching · prospectively · next steps · trajectory · subsequent · down the road · journeying · eventual
- resolutionslose weight, quit smoking, save money, eat healthy, get fit
- buzzwordssynergy, leverage, paradigm, stakeholder, scalable
- office jargonsynergy, circle back, touch base, deep dive, action item
- corporate jargonsynergy, stakeholders, deep dive, circle back, leverage
- clichescliche, platitude, bromide, tired phrase, worn phrase
- summariessummary, synopsis, summaries, abstract, abstracts
going forwardlooking back
Recalling what happened before
in retrospect · going back · retrospectively · historically · in hindsight
going forwardfalling back
Returning to earlier position
retreating · regressing · backsliding · stepping back · losing ground
going forwardretroactively
Effective from an earlier time
retrospectively · looking back · in review · after the fact · ex post facto
forward, going, outgoing, ongoing, forwards, forwarded, forwarding, forwardness