to feed back
- phrasal verb
- /fiːd bæk/
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dar retroalimentación
- Both examples point to how the introduction of same-sex marriage feeds back to heterosexual marriages.
And so I then had to, like, feed all of this back to the team.
- And so I then had to, like, feed all of this back to the team.
- And I started, I was dancing and there was people watching me and feeding back, validating my bliss.
- And some of that again feeds back to our earlier conversation around bone mineral density and lean muscle.
- And it was fed back to me that that was unattractive.
- And then that feedback that understandably feeds back into reifying or supporting our belief that that we live in a a sad, dangerous world.
Examples
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Final evaluation, where all the information that has been collected and analyzed is fed back to the respondents for consideration.
Academic text (1995) -
And it was fed back to me that that was unattractive.
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And so I then had to, like, feed all of this back to the team.
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This means that I'm feeding back more to the positive input.
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I'm impressed by your self-analysis of your reaction and how you fed that back to Francisco.
Blog text (2) -
She goes and takes readings and feeds that back to mission control, and you know, the idea being that this team goes to places where normal sorts of people go.
Blog text (2) -
In addition, several research trips to countries in North, West, East, and Southern Africa during the development of africa95 between 1992 and 1994 enabled one to cross-reference exhibition proposals developed in the U.K. with actual requests from artists practicing in Africa and feed back information to the venues' directors.
Academic text (1996) -
The teacher asked the students to feed back their thoughts on the new curriculum.
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During the meeting, employees were encouraged to feed back their opinions on the recent changes.
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After conducting the survey, we need to feed back the results to the participants.
Synonyms
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1.0
To say or do something as an answer to what someone says
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2.6
To reply to someone later with information
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to give a response or share information' is directly derivable from combining 'feed' (to supply/give) with 'back' (to return/support) — essentially ‘supply back’ information. This verb+particle composition is a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Feed back comes from the simple idea that feed means to give and back means to return to the person who asked. So when you feed back comments or ideas, you give a 'response' that the other person can use.