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fast backward

fast backward verb: to cause the playout of (a video, audio, or other digital media file) to move very fast backwards in time, so that when the device is played, it will start at an earlier point.

Verb

fast backward (third-person singular simple present fast backwards, present participle fast backwarding, simple past and past participle fast backwarded)

  1. (transitive) To cause the playout of (a video, audio, or other digital media file) to move very fast backwards in time, so that when the device is played, it will start at an earlier point.
  2. (intransitive) Of a digital media file, to be so moved.

Forms of fast backward

third-person singular presentfast backwards
present participlefast backwarding
past participlefast backwarded
pastfast backwarded

Questions about fast backward

What does fast backward mean?
Fast backward means to cause the playout of (a video, audio, or other digital media file) to move very fast backwards in time, so that when the device is played, it will start at an earlier point.
What part of speech is fast backward?
Fast backward is a verb.
What is the past tense of fast backward?
The past tense of fast backward is fast backwarded.

Words near fast backward in the dictionary

  1. fast
  2. fast and furious
  3. fast and loose
  4. fast as lightning
  5. fast asleep
  6. fast backward
  7. fast backwarded
  8. fast backwarding
  9. fast backwards
  10. fast blue optical transient
  11. fast blue optical transients

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