forwarding

American  

[fawr-wer-ding] / ˈfɔr wər dɪŋ /

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of forwarding

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

Example Sentences

On Thursday, a United Nations committee concluded that Mexico’s disappearance crisis constituted “crimes against humanity” and took what it called the “exceptional step” of forwarding the matter to the General Assembly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 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

But Postal Service forwarding ends after a year.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Subsequent correspondence shows Sulayem and those figures communicating directly via emails while copying Epstein or forwarding messages to him.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Four days later he again prodded Hunt: “The delay you are causing us by not forwarding scale drawings is embarrassing in the extreme.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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