fast-forward

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).

v. fast-for·ward·ed, fast-for·ward·ing, fast-for·wards

v.intr.

1. To advance an audio or video recording rapidly.

2. To think ahead to a later time or stage in a sequence of events.

v.tr.

1. To advance (an audio or video recording) rapidly.

2. To speed up the progression of (a sequence of events).

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

fast-forward

1. (Electronics) (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.

3. (tr) to wind (a video or tape) forward using the fast-forward control

4. to deal with speedily: fast-forward the trials of the new drug.

5. (Electronics) (intr) to move forward through a tape or video using the fast-forward control

6. (usually foll by to) to direct one's attention towards a particular time or event, ignoring intervening material: fast-forward to the summer of 2008.

[C20: from the fast-forward wind control in a tape deck]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

fast′-for′ward

v.i.

(on a recording device or projector) to advance a tape or film rapidly using a function of the device.

[1970–75]

fast′-for′ward, n.

fast-forward

Past participle: fast-forwarded
Gerund: fast-forwarding

Imperative
fast-forward
fast-forward

Present
I fast-forward
you fast-forward
he/she/it fast-forwards
we fast-forward
you fast-forward
they fast-forward

Preterite
I fast-forwarded
you fast-forwarded
he/she/it fast-forwarded
we fast-forwarded
you fast-forwarded
they fast-forwarded

Present Continuous
I am fast-forwarding
you are fast-forwarding
he/she/it is fast-forwarding
we are fast-forwarding
you are fast-forwarding
they are fast-forwarding

Present Perfect
I have fast-forwarded
you have fast-forwarded
he/she/it has fast-forwarded
we have fast-forwarded
you have fast-forwarded
they have fast-forwarded

Past Continuous
I was fast-forwarding
you were fast-forwarding
he/she/it was fast-forwarding
we were fast-forwarding
you were fast-forwarding
they were fast-forwarding

Past Perfect
I had fast-forwarded
you had fast-forwarded
he/she/it had fast-forwarded
we had fast-forwarded
you had fast-forwarded
they had fast-forwarded

Future
I will fast-forward
you will fast-forward
he/she/it will fast-forward
we will fast-forward
you will fast-forward
they will fast-forward

Future Perfect
I will have fast-forwarded
you will have fast-forwarded
he/she/it will have fast-forwarded
we will have fast-forwarded
you will have fast-forwarded
they will have fast-forwarded

Future Continuous
I will be fast-forwarding
you will be fast-forwarding
he/she/it will be fast-forwarding
we will be fast-forwarding
you will be fast-forwarding
they will be fast-forwarding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fast-forwarding
you have been fast-forwarding
he/she/it has been fast-forwarding
we have been fast-forwarding
you have been fast-forwarding
they have been fast-forwarding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fast-forwarding
you will have been fast-forwarding
he/she/it will have been fast-forwarding
we will have been fast-forwarding
you will have been fast-forwarding
they will have been fast-forwarding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fast-forwarding
you had been fast-forwarding
he/she/it had been fast-forwarding
we had been fast-forwarding
you had been fast-forwarding
they had been fast-forwarding

Conditional
I would fast-forward
you would fast-forward
he/she/it would fast-forward
we would fast-forward
you would fast-forward
they would fast-forward

Past Conditional
I would have fast-forwarded
you would have fast-forwarded
he/she/it would have fast-forwarded
we would have fast-forwarded
you would have fast-forwarded
they would have fast-forwarded

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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