feedforward
noun, verb
feedforward is a noun meaning “An anticipatory response to expected changes in the environment of a system” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-E-D-F-O-R-W-A-R-D, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of feedforward is feedforwards.
What does feedforward mean?
noun
- 1
An anticipatory response to expected changes in the environment of a system
verb
- 1
nonstandardTo respond in advance
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of feedforward
- feedforwards plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- feed-forward
- feed forward
- feedforwarding participle, present
- feedforwarded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is feedforward?
Feedforward appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does feedforward come from?
From feed + forward. Formed by analogy with feedback.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).