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FEED BACK
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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...):
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)