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feed-forward

feed-forward is the alternative form of feedforward.

Meaning of feedforward

Noun

feedforward (countable and uncountable, plural feedforwards)

  1. An anticipatory response to expected changes in the environment of a system
    • The continuum is dynamic through the action of modulating feedbacks and feedforwards.1991, Christopher Hodgkinson, Educational Leadership: The Moral Art, →ISBN, page 96

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Forms of feed-forward

Noun
pluralfeed-forwards
Verb
third-person singular presentfeed-forwards
present participlefeed-forwarding
past participlefeed-forwarded
pastfeed-forwarded

Questions about feed-forward

What is feed-forward the alternative form of?
Feed-forward is the alternative form of feedforward.

Words near feed-forward in the dictionary

  1. feed zones
  2. feed-back
  3. feed-backs
  4. feed-bag
  5. feed-bags
  6. feed-forward
  7. feed-forwarded
  8. feed-forwarding
  9. feed-forwards
  10. feed-horn
  11. feed-horns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: feed-forward (page history and authors); feedforward (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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