backread

ˈbækˌrɛd

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Definition of backread - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

review text

Rare

read earlier parts of a text

Rare

I had to backread the previous chapters to understand the story.

reread

review

internet

Rare

catch up on a conversation by reading past messages

Rare

I had to backread the chat to understand the joke.

catch up

review

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Origin of backread

Old English, bæc (back) + rǣdan (to read)

Examples of backread in a sentence

I often backread our chat history to recall details.
She had to backread the forum to join the discussion.
Backreading the thread took him an hour.

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French:relire, rattraper, ...
German:zurücklesen, nachlesen, ...
Italian:rivedere i capitoli precedenti, leggere i messaggi precedenti, ...
Spanish:leer hacia atrás, ...
Portuguese:reler, ler mensagens anteriores, ...
Chinese:重读, 回看, ...
Japanese:前の部分を読む, 遡って読む, ...
Arabic:رَاجَعَ الأَجْزَاء السَّابِقَة, رَاجَعَ الرَّسَائِلَ السَّابِقَةَ, ...
Hebrew:לַחֲזוֹר לִקְרוֹא, לַעֲבֹר עַל הַהִסְתּוֹרִיָּה, ...
Russian:просматривать, прочитать, ...
Ukrainian:перечитувати, перечитати, ...
Hindi:पिछले भाग पढ़ना, पिछला पढ़ना, ...
Bengali:পেছনের অংশ পড়া, পেছনে পড়া, ...
Catalan:rellegir, llegir els missatges anteriors, ...
Czech:vrátit se v textu, pročíst si předchozí zprávy, ...
Danish:læse tilbage, læse op, ...
Dutch:teruglezen, bijlezen, ...
Greek:διαβάζω πίσω, ενημερώνομαι από παλαιότερα μηνύματα, ...
Hungarian:visszaolvas, visszaolvasni, ...
Khmer:អានត្រឡប់ទៅមុន, អានសារចាស់ៗដើម្បីតាមទាន់ការសន្ទនា, ...
Korean:이전 부분을 읽다, 다시 읽다, ...
Persian:متن قبلی را بخوان, خواند, ...
Polish:czytać wstecz, przeczytać, ...
Portuguese (BR):reler, recapitular mensagens, ...
Romanian:a revizui, a citi înapoi, ...
Swedish:läsa bakåt, läsa ikapp, ...
Thai:อ่านย้อนกลับ, อ่านข้อความเก่า, ...
Turkish:geri okumak, geriye dönük okumak, ...
Vietnamese:đọc lại, xem lại, ...

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