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Merriam Webster's

I. noun Usage: often attributive Date: 1948 1. a function of an electronic device that advances a recording at a higher than normal speed 2. a state or an instance of rapid advancement <put her career in fast-forward> II. verb Date: 1974 transitive verb 1. to advance (a magnetic tape) using the fast-forward of a tape player 2. to bypass (as a commercial) by fast-forwarding intransitive verb 1. to advance a magnetic tape using the fast-forward 2. to proceed rapidly forward especially in time <fast-forward to the future>

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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