"backread" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈbækˌɹiːd/, /ˈbækˌɹɛd/ Forms: backreads [present, singular, third-person], backreading [participle, present], backread [participle, past], backread [past]
Etymology: back + read Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|read}} back + read Head templates: {{en-verb|backreads|backreading|backread}} backread (third-person singular simple present backreads, present participle backreading, simple past and past participle backread)
  1. (Internet, slang, especially in IRC) To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present for. Tags: Internet, especially, slang Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-backread-en-verb-nBAyymmZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13
  2. To interpret what one has read previously in the light of later experience or knowledge.
    Sense id: en-backread-en-verb-mOHbsm0p

Inflected forms

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