See readback on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Deverbal from read back, as in read that back to me, please.",
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"The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored."
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"(computing) The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored."
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"(aviation, telecommunications) The repetition of a message one has received, in order to acknowledge it and to demonstrate accurate comprehension (especially of commands)."
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"(dictation, stenography) The reading aloud by a transcriptionist, court reporter, or stenographer of draft correspondence or of testimony previously taken down in dictation, usually at the request of the presiding judge or parties involved in a deposition (courtroom contexts) or of the manager dictating the correspondence (business contexts)."
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"etymology_text": "Deverbal from read back, as in read that back to me, please.",
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"(dictation, stenography) The reading aloud by a transcriptionist, court reporter, or stenographer of draft correspondence or of testimony previously taken down in dictation, usually at the request of the presiding judge or parties involved in a deposition (courtroom contexts) or of the manager dictating the correspondence (business contexts)."
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Download raw JSONL data for readback meaning in All languages combined (3.2kB)
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