Backread
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbækˌɹiːd/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Backread is a verb meaning (Internet slang, especially IRC) To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present for.
Meaning
(Internet slang, especially IRC) To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present for.
More Meanings
- To interpret what one has read previously in the light of later experience or knowledge.
Example Sentences
Thereafter, Freud was obliged not only to expand but to backread that expansion into all that came before.
What must be recognized is the nature of the source material in which one sees a theological/ideological backreading of history.
Word Forms
- backreads
- backreading
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include preread, foreread, backload, repreview, backreference, backlist.
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