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• present participle of forward.

forwarding

American  

[fawr-wer-ding] / ˈfɔr wər dɪŋ /

noun

• forwardings
  plural

1. Bookbinding. a stage in which sections of a book are stitched, fitted with a back, pasted, etc., before being placed in the completed cover.

2. Engraving. the process of starting a copper plate by etching and of finishing with a graver.

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forwarding British  

/ ˈfɔːwədɪŋ /

noun

1. all the processes involved in the binding of a book subsequent to cutting and up to the fitting of its cover

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• forwardings
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of forwarding

First recorded in 1625–35; forward + -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

forwarding forwardings

RBC expects freight forwarding to remain a high return and cash generative business, with freight rates set to be favorable into the second half of 2026 at least.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

People were fast forwarding through all the commercials because they were watching it on TiVo.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

They found evidence that ChatGPT appeared to be “using forwarding looking information despite being asked not to.”

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

We don’t get multihop connections, which route your traffic through one VPN server before forwarding it to a second one, providing an extra layer of security and making you even harder to identify uniquely.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026

The scraps of paper in Lefty’s pockets now recorded not gambling debts but forwarding addresses in Athens or Astoria.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

I had just about given up all hopes of getting a line on my confiding friend when, several weeks after a letter bearing the pen marks of many forwardings, caught me.

From Tales of the Road by Charles N. (Charles Newman) Crewdson

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