(to) fast forward

  • 1fast forward — fast forwards, fast forwarding, fast forwarded also fast forward 1) N UNCOUNT: oft on N If you put a video or cassette tape on fast forward, you make the tape go forwards. Compare rewind. Before recording onto a new tape, wind it on fast forward …

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  • 2Fast forward (disambiguation) — Fast forward is a process of quickly moving through storage media such as cassette tapes.Fast Forward may refer to: *Fast Forward (computer program), a brain activity program for schools developed by Scientific Learning * Fast Forward (1985 film) …

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  • 3Fast Forward (magazine) — Fast Forward was a weekly children s magazine launched in September 1989 by the BBC to compete with Look in . It was aimed at seven to 14 year olds and was promoted heavily with trailers shown on Children s BBC.Circulation started at 210,000… …

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  • 4fast-forward — v [I and T] 1.) to wind a tape or video forwards quickly without playing it 2.) to move quickly to a later point in a story fast forward to ▪ Fast forward to America at the turn of the century. >fast forward n [U] …

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  • 5fast-forward — /fast ˈfɔwəd / (say fahst fawwuhd) adjective 1. of or relating to fast forward. –verb (t) 2. to run (a videotape, audio tape or DVD, or a specific section thereof) at fast forward. –verb (i) 3. to advance at fast forward through a videotape,… …

  • 6Fast Forward Weekly — (FFWD) is a news and entertainment weekly which provides news, alternative viewpoints, entertainment information, review articles and specialized advertising. It is distributed throughout Calgary, Banff and Canmore. It is owned by Great West… …

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  • 7fast forward — noun uncount 1. ) a button on a piece of electrical equipment that you press to make a video or AUDIOCASSETTE go forward quickly 2. ) the process by which you make a video or AUDIOCASSETTE go forward quickly: Put it on fast forward …

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  • 8fast-forward — verb intransitive or transitive to make a video or an AUDIOCASSETTE go forward quickly: Let s fast forward through the commercials …

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  • 9fast-forward — [fast′fôr′wərd] vi., vt. to advance to a later time at an accelerated speed n. FAST FORWARD …

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  • 10fast-forward — /fast fawr weuhrd, fahst /, v.i. (on a recording device or projector) to advance a tape or film rapidly, using the fast forward. * * * …

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