Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Internet, especially)To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present for.

  2. To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present for.

    (Internet, broadly, especially)To read conversations one was not present for.

  3. To interpret what one has read previously in the light of later experience or knowledge.

Origin

From back + read.

From back + read.

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Forms

backreads, backreading, backread, backread
Base formbackread · to backread
3rd person singularbackreads
Present participlebackreading
Past simplebackread
Past participlebackread

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybackread
he, she, itbackreads

Past simpleLesson

all personsbackread

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave backread
he, she, ithas backread

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill backread

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
backread — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto