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verb · transitive · frequent

back-form

back-form · back-forms · back-formed · back-forming

To form a word by a back-formation processTo form a word by a back-formation process.

Meaning

1 senses

To form a word by a back-formation process.

Origin

A back-formation from back-formation. By surface analysis, back- + form.

A back-formation from back-formation. By surface analysis, back- + form.

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Forms

back-forms, back-forming, back-formed, back-formed

Base form	back-form · to back-form
3rd person singular	back-forms
Present participle	back-forming
Past simple	back-formed
Past participle	back-formed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	back-form
he, she, it	back-forms

Past simpleLesson

all persons

back-formed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have back-formed
he, she, it	has back-formed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will back-form

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

backB1 backacheB1 backbone backcountry backdrop

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