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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbækˌspeɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-backspace.wav Forms: backspaces [plural]
Etymology: From back + space. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|space}} back + space Head templates: {{en-noun}} backspace (plural backspaces)
  1. The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards. Translations (typewriter key): retropaŝo (Esperanto), askelpalautin (Finnish), retour arrière [masculine] (French), Backspace [masculine] (German), Rücktaste [feminine] (German), Rücksetztaste [feminine] (German), बॅकस्पेस (bĕkaspes) (Marathi), tastă backspace [feminine] (Romanian), backspace [neuter] (Romanian), retroceso (Spanish), backsteg [neuter] (Swedish), backstegstangent [common-gender] (Swedish), backslagstangent [common-gender] (Swedish), geri tuşu (Turkish), silme tuşu (Turkish), phím lùi (Vietnamese)
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  2. (computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computer key): ব্যাকস্পেস (bêkośpes) (Bengali), askelpalautin (Finnish), backspace-näppäin (Finnish), retour arrière [masculine] (French), Backspace [masculine] (German), Rücktaste [feminine] (German), Rücksetztaste [feminine] (German), बॅकस्पेस (bĕkaspes) (Marathi), backspace [masculine] (Portuguese), retrocesso (Portuguese), (tecla de) retroceder (Portuguese), (tecla de) recuo (Portuguese), (tecla de) apagar (Portuguese), tastă backspace [feminine] (Romanian), backspace [neuter] (Romanian), retroceso (Spanish), (tecla de) borrar (Spanish), geri tuşu (Turkish), silme tuşu (Turkish), phím xóa lùi (Vietnamese), phím lùi (Vietnamese)
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  3. (computing) A non-printable text character representing a backspace. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: mul:\b
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Derived forms: backspaceable, backspacer, destructive backspace

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbækˌspeɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-backspace.wav Forms: backspaces [present, singular, third-person], backspacing [participle, present], backspaced [participle, past], backspaced [past]
Etymology: From back + space. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|space}} back + space Head templates: {{en-verb}} backspace (third-person singular simple present backspaces, present participle backspacing, simple past and past participle backspaced)
  1. (computing) To remove a character behind a cursor. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (remove a character): kumittaa [informal] (Finnish), hopa (Icelandic)
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  2. (computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block. Categories (topical): Computing
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Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: backspaces [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English backspace. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|en|backspace}} Unadapted borrowing from English backspace Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} backspace m (plural backspaces)
  1. backspace (computer key) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-backspace-pt-noun-ljT213N2 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rücktaste"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "computer key",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rücksetztaste"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "bĕkaspes",
      "sense": "computer key",
      "word": "बॅकस्पेस"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computer key",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "backspace"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computer key",
      "word": "retrocesso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computer key",
      "word": "(tecla de) retroceder"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computer key",
      "word": "(tecla de) recuo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computer key",
      "word": "(tecla de) apagar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "computer key",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tastă backspace"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "computer key",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "backspace"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "computer key",
      "word": "retroceso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "computer key",
      "word": "(tecla de) borrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "computer key",
      "word": "geri tuşu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "computer key",
      "word": "silme tuşu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "computer key",
      "word": "phím xóa lùi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "computer key",
      "word": "phím lùi"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "backspace"
  ],
  "word": "backspace"
}

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    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for review of French translations",
    "Requests for review of Icelandic translations",
    "Requests for review of Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Bengali translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Marathi translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations"
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "back",
        "3": "space"
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      "expansion": "back + space",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From back + space.",
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    {
      "form": "backspaces",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backspacing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backspaced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "backspaced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "←"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2024 April 17, SMii7Y, 1:20 from the start, in Content Warning Footage That Should Never Be Uploaded, spoken by SMii7Y:",
          "text": "So once you hit 'E', just backspace.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove a character behind a cursor."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
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        "(computing) To remove a character behind a cursor."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move a magnetic tape to a previous block."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "magnetic",
          "magnetic"
        ],
        [
          "tape",
          "tape"
        ],
        [
          "previous",
          "previous"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ]
      ],
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        "(computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbækˌspeɪs/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-backspace.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-backspace.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-backspace.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-backspace.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-backspace.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "remove a character",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "kumittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "remove a character",
      "word": "hopa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "backspace"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "backspace"
      },
      "expansion": "Unadapted borrowing from English backspace",
      "name": "ubor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unadapted borrowing from English backspace.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "backspaces",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "backspace m (plural backspaces)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Portuguese countable nouns",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese masculine nouns",
        "Portuguese nouns",
        "Portuguese terms borrowed from English",
        "Portuguese terms derived from English",
        "Portuguese terms spelled with K",
        "Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "backspace (computer key)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "backspace",
          "backspace#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "backspace"
}

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