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Meaning of "forward slash" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FORWARD SLASH

forward slash  [ˈfɔːwəd slæʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORWARD SLASH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Forward slash is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FORWARD SLASH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Slash (punctuation)

The slash is a sign used as a punctuation mark and for various other purposes. It is often called a forward slash, a retronym used to distinguish it from the backslash. It has many other names.

Definition of forward slash in the English dictionary

The definition of forward slash in the dictionary is The symbol /, used to represent `or' and in the names of internet websites.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORWARD SLASH


backlash
ˈbækˌlæʃ
backsplash
ˈbækˌsplæʃ
blash
blæʃ
calash
kəˈlæʃ
clash
klæʃ
electroclash
ɪˈlɛktrəʊˌklæʃ
eyelash
ˈaɪˌlæʃ
flash
flæʃ
goulash
ˈɡuːlæʃ
lash
læʃ
multiflash
ˈmʌltɪˌflæʃ
newsflash
ˈnjuːzˌflæʃ
photoflash
ˈfəʊtəʊˌflæʃ
plash
plæʃ
relache
rɪˈlæʃ
slash
slæʃ
splash
splæʃ
taplash
ˈtæpˌlæʃ
thunderflash
ˈθʌndəˌflæʃ
whiplash
ˈwɪpˌlæʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORWARD SLASH

forward bias
forward buying
forward contract
forward delivery
forward exchange market
forward exchange rate
forward gear
forward integration
forward line
forward market
forward pass
forward planning
forward post
forward quotation
forward rate
forward roll
forward sale
forward voltage
forward-looking
forwarder

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORWARD SLASH

antibacklash
backslash
culture clash
electronic flash
green flash
have a lash
helium flash
hot flash
Hungarian goulash
outflash
outlash
personality clash
prank flash
ring flash
shoulder flash
synchroflash
tongue-lash
unlash
water splash

Synonyms and antonyms of forward slash in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «forward slash» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORWARD SLASH

Find out the translation of forward slash to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of forward slash from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «forward slash» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

向前斜线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

barra diagonal
570 millions of speakers

English

forward slash
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आगे स्लैश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شَرْطَةٌ مَائِلَةٌ لِلَأَمَام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

левая косая черта
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

barra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফরোয়ার্ড স্ল্যাশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

barre oblique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Slash ke hadapan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vorwärtsschrägstrich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フォワードスラッシュ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포워드 슬래시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Slash maju
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dấu gạch xiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன் சாய்வு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुढे झुकणारी तिरकी रेष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Eğik çizgi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

barra obliqua
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ukośnik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скісна риска
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bară oblică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάθετος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slash
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

framåtvänt snedstreck
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skråstrek
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of forward slash

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORWARD SLASH»

The term «forward slash» is regularly used and occupies the 66.212 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORWARD SLASH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «forward slash» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «forward slash» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about forward slash

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORWARD SLASH»

Discover the use of forward slash in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to forward slash and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Practical Guide to UNIX for Mac OS X Users
To find the next occurrence of a string (forward), press the forward slash (/) key, enter the text you want to find (called the search string), and press RETURN. When you press the slash key, vim displays a slash on the status line. As you enter ...
Mark G. Sobell, Peter Seebach, 2005
2
Beginning Portable Shell Scripting: From Novice to Professional
On a US keyboard, the forward slash is the one under the question mark; it is the one that is leaning “forward”—that is to say, the top is farther to the right than the bottom. This confusion is amplified by the tendency of Windows users to think of ...
Peter Seebach, 2008
3
MBA Fundamentals Business Writing
The forward slash is the one we are most familiar with. For example, Web address sections are separated by forward slashes (e.g., http:// www.kaplan.edu/ MBA). They are also used to separate lines of poetry. However, the backslash is ...
Timothy E. Flood, 2008
4
Mac OS X Help Line, Tiger Edition
TAKE NOTE Filenames in Mac OS X continued Do not use a forward slash (/) in filenames.The forward slash (/) is used in Unix as a separator for directories.Thus , Library/Fonts means the Fonts folder inside the Library folder. Adding the ...
Ted Landau, Dan Frakes, 2005
5
C# for Programmers
acter / (a forward slash) always selects the document root. Recall that XPath is a string- based language used to locate parts of an XML document easily. In XPath, a leading forward slash specifies that we are usingabsolute addressing (i.e., ...
Harvey M. Deitel, Paul J. Deitel, 2005
6
Java Programming
Line comments do not require an ending symbol. 0 Block comments start with a forward slash and an asterisk ( /* ) and end with an asterisk and a forward slash ( */ ). A block comment can appear on a line by itself, on a line before executable ...
Joyce Farrell, 2013
7
Pro Tools 10 Advanced Post Production Techniques
... selector (Mac)/ Ctrl-click Automation mode selector (Windows) Command+ Forward Slash (l) (Mac)/ Ctrl+Forward Slash U) (Windows) Command+Option+ Forward Slash (l) (Mac)/ Ctrl+Alt+Forward Slash (l) (Windows) Option-click the Preview ...
Joel Krantz, 2013
8
Forward Slash Free Sampler
Mark Edwards, Louise Voss. HE'S POSTED ON YOUR WALL HE'S FOLLOWING YOU ON TWITTER ' . HEKNOWSWHERE ' YOUARERIGHTNOW - auige Voss 8x - Mark tdwfll'fii', FROM THE BEST SELUNG AUTHORS OF CATCH YOUR ...
Mark Edwards, Louise Voss, 2013
9
Regular Expressions Cookbook
An absolute path starts with a forward slash, followed by one or more segments delimited by forward slashes. A segment consists of one or more letters, digits, or punctuation characters. There can be no consecutive forward slashes. The path ...
Jan Goyvaerts, Steven Levithan, 2012
10
Combinatory Linguistics
This information needs to be contextualized, for example as ' /X' for a crossing forward slash and ' /<>' for a harmonic forward slash. A “don't care” forward slash can be contextualized too, as ' /.'. These aspects are relevant in contexts in which  ...
Cem Bozsahin, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORWARD SLASH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term forward slash is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Penny Dreadful Season 2.10 Recap: A Standing Ovation
(That would be a forward slash, duh.) What passes between Vanessa and the Lupus Dei isn't clear, but it sends him recoiling from the room ... «WordandFilm.com, Jul 15»
2
Daily catch-up: the feeble-mindedness of 'predict and provide' in air …
This includes the momayyez (red), like a forward slash, used in Arabic, but not the mid-dot or interpunct, a dot in the middle of the line that I ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
Oduya Or Martin?
On Sunday, Kaleta's agent told NBC Sports that he “talked to a number of teams” regarding a job for the energy forward slash agitator. «Hockeybuzz.com, Jun 15»
4
DJ Pete Tong reading out his full website address in 1995 is a …
"Http, semi colon, forward slash, forward slash, www dot, BBCNC dot org, dot UK, forward slash BBCTV, forward slash Radio 1, forward slash P, slash Tong, ... «JOE.co.uk, Jun 15»
5
Alt-rock trio Is/Is brings dreamy tunes to Cellar Door
Thank God for the forward slash, otherwise Is/Is could have ended up with the wrong kind of following. Whereas a former Boston band "ISIS" ... «Visalia Times-Delta, Jun 15»
6
Lenovo LaVie Z 360 Review
The Enter, Backspace and right Shift are significantly smaller than what we're used to in the West, and there's an additional forward Slash key ... «Laptop Mag, Jun 15»
7
Art this week
... students from the Design and Computation Arts program in two shows, Forward Slash (undergrads) and 404 Error Not Found (graduates). «Cult MTL, Apr 15»
8
Google Adds To BigQuery Big Data Capabilities
Just head on over to cloud dot google dot com forward slash bigquery. Reply | Post Message | Messages List | Start a Board · yalanand. Login. «InformationWeek, Apr 15»
9
​Are you part of the 'forward slash' generation?
Welcome to the 'forward slash' generation. Meet the prep chef/photographer, the life coach/trainer/hypnotherapist and the designer/creative ... «West Briton, Apr 15»
10
Being Batman is Bruce Wayne's A job; his B job is managing his …
The “forward slash”. They're cafe owner/festival organiser, social entrepreneur/set-builder or musician/holiday-lets manager, respectively. «The Australian, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Forward slash [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/forward-slash>. Apr 2024 ».
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