fast forward

Verb

transitive intransitive broadly figuratively

(transitive) To cause an audio or video tape, digital media stream, etc. to move forward very fast, so that when the device is played, it will start at a later point.

Japanese Meaning

音声や映像などの再生位置を速く先に進め、再生時にその位置からスタートさせる動作、いわゆる「早送りする」ことを意味します。

What is this buttons?

Please fast forward the video to the part where they announce the results.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

結果が発表される部分までビデオを早送りしてください。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To cause an audio or video tape, digital media stream, etc. to move forward very fast, so that when the device is played, it will start at a later point.

Sense（2）

(intransitive) To be fast-forwarded; to move ahead in this fashion.

Sense（3）

(intransitive, figuratively, by extension) To shift one's attention or focus toward a later point in time.

Antarctica was remote, little of value […] was at stake, and few states had the capacity to get to Antarctica or otherwise challenge the claimants. […] Fast-forward to the present, and the picture looks somewhat different.

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Sense（4）

(transitive, by extension) To accelerate.

Lippman said Crispr is an incredibly useful tool in research, allowing him to ask new questions of the tomato plants he breeds, by fast-forwarding the research process. “The amount of genetics that we’re currently able to do has at least quintupled in the last three years,” he said.

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fast forwards

（ present singular third-person ）

fast forwarding

（ participle present ）

fast forwarded

（ participle past ）

fast forwarded

（ past ）

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