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BACKSPACE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does backspace mean? 

BACKSPACE (noun)
  The noun BACKSPACE has 1 sense:

1. the typewriter key used for back spacingplay

  Familiarity information: BACKSPACE used as a noun is very rare.


BACKSPACE (verb)
  The verb BACKSPACE has 1 sense:

1. hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboardplay

  Familiarity information: BACKSPACE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BACKSPACE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The typewriter key used for back spacing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

backspace; backspace key; backspacer

Hypernyms ("backspace" is a kind of...):

key (a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed)

Holonyms ("backspace" is a part of...):

typewriter keyboard (a keyboard for manually entering characters to be printed)


BACKSPACE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they backspace  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it backspaces  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: backspaced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: backspaced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: backspacing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

To erase, you must backspace

Hypernyms (to "backspace" is one way to...):

type; typewrite (write by means of a keyboard with types)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

backspacer (the typewriter key used for back spacing)


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