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backed

backed

2.5
Having material attached to the rear, for example leather or gold
  • adjective
  • /bækt/
translation icon : forrado
  • The proposal includes a backed plan that ensures sustainability and growth.

Went from being asset backed to being debt backed once it was debt backed.

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Examples

  • And so I was looking for things that were science backed, but very simple.

  • It's a brain hack that is backed by science.

  • It was a huge private company backed by a huge public government.

  • I'm offering you a research backed three-part program.

  • It is a science backed healthy hot cocoa for sleep.

  • Now one is the most clinically backed green powder.

  • Chamath runs a company that is VC backed right here, many of them.

  • I use this reverie app that's research backed reveri.com.

  • The new chair is comfortable and backed with durable fabric for extra support.

  • Our camping tent is backed by a waterproof layer to keep us dry during rain.

Antonyms

5 3.7

A thing that has no back support, like a chair or dress that leaves the back open

Compounds

11 7.2

An investment made from many home loans that pays interest and loan repayments to investors sometimes backed by the government

1 6.9

Being very straight and tense in the way a person sits or a chair supports you

black-backed jackal
  • South African
8.3

A small wild dog with black fur on its back and shoulders that lives in Africa

A large white sea bird with a black back and wings that lives by the coast

An animal or person with a badly damaged backbone that makes moving painful

broken-backed
  • Specialized
9.6

A ship or structure so badly damaged that it sags in the middle

A small salamander from eastern North America with a red stripe along its back

A large white sea bird with black back and wings found on North Atlantic coasts

A small animal like a mouse with a red stripe on its back that lives in cold northern areas

A small animal like a mouse with a red back that lives in mountains of Europe, Asia, and North America

A small wading bird with a red back that breeds in the Arctic and flies south in winter

A small salamander with a red stripe on its back that lives in moist Pacific coast forests

How Supported

reinforced
1 3.7
padded
1 3.0
backed
2.5
unbacked
1 7.2

Surface Forms

backed positive

Morphology

backed = back (transparent) = back + ed

Standard adjectival past-participle formation from the verb 'back' meaning 'provided with a backing', so the meaning follows directly from the base plus '-ed'.

Etymology

Backed comes from the old English root bæc, which means 'back', the rear of the body. So backed can mean 'having a back' or a back support, which is why we call a chair or sofa 'high-backed'.