Definitions from Wiktionary (backshift)

▸ noun:  (grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
▸ noun:  (statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
▸ verb:  (grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.



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