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   fast forward

   /ˌfɑːs(t) ˈfɔːwəd/

   noun

   • 1. a control on a tape or video recorder for winding the tape forward rapidly: "she played the fast forward so the figures jerked about wildly"
   • ▪ a facility for cueing audio equipment by allowing the tape to be played at high speed during fast-forward wind and stopped at the desired place.

   verb

   • 1. wind (a tape) forward rapidly: "people avoid commercial breaks by fast-forwarding material recorded off-air"
   • ▪ move speedily forward in time: "the text fast-forwards to 1990"

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   What does fast-forward mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of FAST-FORWARD is a function of an electronic device that advances a recording at a higher than normal speed. How to use fast-forward in a sentence.

   Fast-forward Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   What does fast forward mean?

   • When you fast forward the tape in a video or tape recorder or when you fast forward, you make the tape go forwards. Compare rewind. Just fast forward the video. [VERB noun] He fast-forwarded the recording past the explosion. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] The urge to fast-forward is almost irresistible. [VERB]

   FAST FORWARD definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   How does fast-forward work?

   • During playback, a user may fast-forward the video to any desired point through video, map or graph. Using this technology they are able to immediately jump to any routine or fast-forward through the boring bits. Six frames of the animation can be seen at the end of the episode, wherein that particular episode is repeated in fast-forward.

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   What does 'fast forward to today' mean?

   • You use the expression 'fast forward to today' when referring to something in the past and then something which is in the present tense. It is used to show the time that has passed between the event in the past and the event which is happening now.

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   The meaning of FAST-FORWARD is a function of an electronic device that advances a recording at a higher than normal speed. How to use fast-forward in a sentence.

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   verb [ I or T ] us / ˌfæstˈfɔːr.wɚd / uk / ˌfɑːstˈfɔː.wəd /. Add to word list. If you fast-forward a recording, or if it fast-forwards, you make it play at very high speed so that you get to the end or a later part more quickly: fast-forward to I hate this song - I'll fast-forward to the next one.

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   noun. 1. (sometimes not hyphenated) the control on a tape deck or video recorder used to wind the tape or video forward at speed. 2. informal. a state of urgency or rapid progress. my mind went into fast forward. verb. 3. (transitive) to wind (a video or tape) forward using the fast-forward control.

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   fast-for·ward. (făst-fôr′wərd) n. or fast forward. 1. A control mechanism on an audio or video player that permits rapid advancement of a recording. 2. The state of being in rapid advancement or progression, as of a film or a sequence of events: "The trial was on fast forward" (Nelson DeMille).

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   Definition of fast-forward verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.