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feed back

verb

feed back is a verb meaning “To provide informational feedback to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-E-D-B-A-C-K.

What does feed back mean?

verb

  1. 1

    To provide informational feedback to.

    His employees fed back a lot more than he wanted.

  2. 2

    To convey by means of specialized communications channel.

    Customers fed back their complaints and some praise.

  3. 3

    To return electrical current generated by some means (such as solar panels, regenerative braking) to the power grid.

noun

as feed-back
  1. 1

    Alternative form of feedback.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of feed back

  • feeds back present, singular, he/she/it
  • feeding back participle, present
  • fed back participle, past
  • feedback

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Words people confuse with feed back

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

Also written: feedback (one word or two).

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).