fast forward

fast forward

noun

the setting on an electronic playback device, as a VCR, allowing the user to skip portions and advance at an accelerated speed to a later section of a disc, tape, etc.
the act or condition of speeding up and advancing

fast·-forward (-fôr′wərd)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to advance to a later time at an accelerated speed

noun

Used with adjective complement

offer: This makes the navigation very simple and the d-pad offers fast-forward, rewind, stop, play and pause.

Modifies a noun

button: Simon Roots So a Monday morning in the peak District was enough to get me back into life with the fast-forward button constantly on.
option: Shaw also threw cold water on the idea that neutering the fast-forward option would result in a consumer backlash.
rewind: Because they are on-demand, this means that you can watch what you want, fast-forward, rewind and pause, when you want!
mode: However, 96 percent of those viewers actually watch TV commercials when they become DVR subscribers, albeit in fast-forward mode.
commercial: The devices let viewers thumb their noses at program schedules and, even worse, fast-forward past commercials.

Modifying Another Word

now: Today: The New Environment Let us now fast-forward to the present.
then: Then fast-forward to 2004 and you see Foxman and the ADL attacking Mel Gibson's film, The passion, on similar grounds.

Preposition: through

commercial: And you can always fast-forward through the commercials to catch up to real-time -- or not.
ad: PVR technology allows the viewer to time-shift television, fast-forward through the ads and automatically record the types of programs they like.
advert: However, I accepted the new firmware upgrade downloaded last night, and have lost the ability to fast-forward through adverts.

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