Meaning

2 senses

  1. To remove a character behind a cursor.

  2. To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.

More definitions
  • hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From back + space.

From back + space.

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Forms

backspaces, backspacing, backspaced, backspaced
Base formbackspace · to backspace
3rd person singularbackspaces
Present participlebackspacing
Past simplebackspaced
Past participlebackspaced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybackspace
he, she, itbackspaces

Past simpleLesson

all personsbackspaced

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill backspace

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbackspacer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
backsidebackslidebackstagebackstreet
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