"back-up" meaning in All languages combined

See back-up on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: Deverbal of back up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|back up}} Deverbal of back up Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} back-up (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of backup Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: backup
    Sense id: en-back-up-en-adj-qMhZiP0w Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English deverbals: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Noun [English]

Forms: back-ups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal of back up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|back up}} Deverbal of back up Head templates: {{en-noun}} back-up (plural back-ups)
  1. Alternative form of backup Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: backup
    Sense id: en-back-up-en-noun-qMhZiP0w Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English deverbals: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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