v
(slang) To trace back, backtrace
n
(computing) The function used to abort a process.
adv
Back (to a former place or state).
adj
Turned away or backward.
adj
(predicative) Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
v
(figuratively) To take opposite positions alternately; to assert and deny.
v
Alternative form of backchat [To respond in a disputative, often sarcastic manner.]
v
(idiomatic) A betting term from French hazard
v
(transitive) Alternative spelling of back onto [(transitive) To reverse a vehicle onto something.]
v
(transitive) To overlook something from the rear.
adj
(idiomatic) Located back at the start, as after a dead end or failure.
adv
Alternative form of back to the drawing board [(idiomatic) Back to the beginning following an unsuccessful attempt.]
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To reconsider one's thoughts.
v
Alternative spelling of backchannel [To employ a back channel.]
n
(UK dialectal) A going back; a returning; the way back.
v
Synonym of pat on the back
v
Alternative spelling of backpedal [(intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle.]
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To put (something) aside for future use; to keep in reserve.
n
Alternative spelling of backstop [A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.]
v
Alternative form of backtrack [To retrace one's steps.]
v
(transitive, informal) To relegate to a lower priority
v
(mathematics) To perform backcalculation
v
To employ a back channel.
n
An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
n
Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
n
(UK dialectal) A relapse.
n
A sudden backward motion.
v
(transitive) To map in a reverse direction.
n
A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order).
n
(American spelling) One who backpedals.
n
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
v
To create back projection.
v
(neurology, of an action potential) To propagate back through to the dendrites from which the original input was received.
v
To take part in a backreaction.
n
The state of having been reverted, restored
n
A rushing backward; a retreat.
n
A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
v
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
n
(childish) The act of taking back or going back on one's word, promise, or gift.
n
A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
n
The process of going back and finishing a specification that was incomplete at the start of a process, once enough progress has been made to know the full details.
v
(transitive) To serve as backstop for.
v
(intransitive) To flow in a direction opposing the current or the intended direction.
n
One who, or that which, backtracks.
v
To backtrack along a trail.
v
To transfer in a reverse direction; to reverse a previous transfer
v
To reverse a previous transformation
n
The reverse of a transformation
v
(nonstandard, proscribed) Misconstruction of backed up
adv
(figuratively) Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state.
n
The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
v
(idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
n
A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand.
adj
(idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic, bowdlerization) Alternative form of ass-backwards [(colloquial) Oriented backwards, particularly after a mishap.]
n
(computing) Synonym of backscatter.
v
(intransitive, electronics) To turn power off and back on; to reset.
adv
(sometimes figuratively) Moving towards, going in the direction of.
n
A decision that rejects a previous decision in favor of something different.
v
To change one's basic nature.
v
(imperative) To change the subject; to discuss something else.
v
(idiomatic) To return to a previous location or state; to come back to.
v
(idiomatic) To make a complete change or reform.
n
(obsolete) The act of turning round; revolution; rotation.
n
A return to the original course of action by one who previously changed to a different course of action, or the person making that return.
n
The act of taking a detour.
v
(idiomatic) To retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.
n
A person who makes a transition to a less pressured or demanding career or lifestyle
n
A social trend towards living a simpler, less ambitious life with a better work-life balance.
v
(intransitive) to flow back or recede
n
Alternative form of exfil (“exfiltration”).
n
Alternative form of fallback [An act of falling back.]
v
(transitive) To cause playout of (a video, audio, or other digital media file) to move very fast backwards in time, so that when the device is played, it will start at an earlier point.
n
Any change back to a former place or situation by gradual movement.
n
Alternative form of flyback [The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display.]
adv
(idiomatic) Through a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things.
v
(idiomatic) To return to something that previously caused harm.
v
(idiomatic) To talk about history or the past.
v
(idiomatic) To start again; to scrap a previous idea or plan and try again from the beginning.
v
(obsolete, slang) To defecate; to visit the privy.
n
(dated, US) A supposed disease of children causing weight loss and lack of growth.
n
(US, historical, sometimes derogatory) An emigrant heading west on the Oregon Trail who gave up and turned back to the east.
v
(Singapore) To go backwards; to reverse (a vehicle).
v
(by extension) To return to where one has previously been; to retrace one's steps.
n
(figuratively) An act of alluding, returning, or reverting (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, an act of evoking, or longing or pining for (a past era or event).
n
(rare) The rear sight of a firearm.
v
(transitive) To let in; admit.
n
Alternative spelling of kickback [(countable) A backward kick, a retrograde movement of an extremity.]
n
Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback.
v
(aviation) To replace components whose operational lifetime has expired.
n
(computing) The practice of deploying existing on-premises software to the cloud, with minimal changes to its architecture.
adj
During a shift of work.
v
(transitive, US) To reschedule (something) to a later date or time.
n
The policy of admitting people or goods from foreign countries, on equal terms, into a host country.
n
Synonym of open admission (“type of college admissions process”)
v
(transitive) To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
n
A radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated when new scientific discoveries produce anomalies in the current paradigm.
v
(electronics, computing) To turn a device off and then back on again, usually to restore proper function by forcing a malfunctioning or unresponsive device to reset or reinitialize, or as a step in troubleshooting the device.
n
(film) The act of drawing a camera back to broaden the visible scene.
n
Alternative spelling of pushback [The act of repelling an enemy, etc.]
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To change the time in a time zone to an earlier time.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To put something back to the state it was in a previous era.
v
(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To revert a situation.
v
To rotate a plane of projection.
n
The action of rankshifting
v
(US, intransitive) To rear, rise up, start backwards.
v
(transitive) To move; stir.
v
(of a person, by extension) To stand, pull back or otherwise reposition oneself, often as a sudden response to a change or in preparation for an imminent reaction.
v
To give a new cant (slant, angle) to something, in particular railway track on a curve.
v
(with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
v
To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
n
The use of a different route from one planned or used before.
v
(obsolete) To leap back; to rebound.
v
(transitive) To distribute or move via a network.
v
(obsolete) To turn back.
v
(transitive, rare, formal) To twist backward.
v
(transitive) To blunt; to turn, as an edge.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To turn back, retreat.
n
(idiomatic) A return to a former state of success or brilliance.
v
(idiomatic, dated) To get back to the business at hand.
v
(rail transport, transitive) To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
n
(UK media) A sudden volte-face in an organisation's editorial line on a certain issue, especially one without acknowledgment of the previous position.
v
(transitive, now rare) To turn back, or turn to the contrary; to reverse.
v
Synonym of update one's priors
v
(transitive, intransitive) To wind (something) back, now especially of cassette or video tape, CD, DVD etc.; to go back on a video or audio recording.
v
(intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
v
(figuratively) Correct a process that was not proceeding properly.
v
(transitive) To return to a prior state.
v
(idiomatic, sports) To give in later life a performance as good as in one's prime.
n
Alternative spelling of rollout [An act of rolling out; gradual deployment.]
n
The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
v
(UK, idiomatic) To change or revise a previous opinion or decision.
n
A backtrack or reversal of position; a U-turn.
n
Alternative form of row-back [A backtrack or reversal of position; a U-turn.]
v
To rewind a film or cassette.
n
(idiomatic) A fundamental reorientation of a state of affairs.
v
To reverse, go backwards.
n
(archaic) A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.
v
(intransitive, India) To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
v
(military, intransitive) To reenlist.
v
To back away or retreat; to abandon an effort.
v
To return to a previous habit
v
(idiomatic) To go back to square one; start all over again.
n
(idiomatic) A reversion to a former state or situation.
v
(informal, dated) To retrace one's steps; to retreat.
n
(chess) The withdrawal of the previous move, as in practice games.
adj
Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
v
(intransitive) To revert to an earlier stage of development.
n
A current that tends to pull things backward.
v
To return to a previous state of being.
v
(figuratively, idiomatic) To return to a previous state.
v
Alternative form of turn back the clock [(figuratively, idiomatic) To return to a previous state.]
n
The act of turning back a boat containing immigrants.
adv
In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.
v
(transitive) To move (something) back to its original place; undo or reverse the motion of.
v
(rationalist community) To change one's beliefs in the face of new evidence.
v
(transitive) To withdraw or backpedal on a statement or promise.
v
(intelligence) To retrace events so as to determine where an operation went wrong and who was responsible.
v
Alternative form of walk back the cat [(intelligence) To retrace events so as to determine where an operation went wrong and who was responsible.]
n
(programming) A stack trace.
adv
(poetic, nonstandard) Alternative form of way back [long ago]
v
(idiomatic, figuratively) To return in time to an earlier period of history.
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