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FEED BACK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Respond to a query or outcome

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "feed back" is one way to...):

advise; propose; suggest (make a proposal, declare a plan for something)

"Feed back" entails doing...:

answer; reply; respond (react verbally)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

feedback (response to an inquiry or experiment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Submit (information) again to a program or automatic system

Synonyms:

feed back; resubmit

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "feed back" is one way to...):

render; return (give back)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

feedback (the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output)

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