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Feedback

/ˈfiːdˌbæk/ · noun

Meaning

Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results..

Definitions by Sense

Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
(electronics, cybernetics, control theory) The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.
(amplification) The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker.
(music) To generate the high-frequency sound by allowing a speaker to cause vibration of the sound generator of a musical instrument connected by an amplifier to the speaker.
(transitive) To provide informational feedback to.
(transitive) To convey by means of specialized communications channel.

Example Sentences

After you hand in your essays, I will give both grades and feedback.

“Over the past month, the Department has held three separate meetings with the ACLU to receive feedback and engage the organization in the solutions,” the department said in a statement. “As a result of the meetings, the Department agrees that publishing FIO statistics going forward is necessary, and the Department is working toward personalizing interactions between officers and citizens.”

The fact that similar cortical abnormalities can be experimentally induced in monkeys has allowed Michael Merzenich and his colleagues in San Francisco to explore an animal model of focal dystonia, and to demonstrate the abnormal feedback in the sensory loop and the motor misfirings that, once started, grow relentlessly worse.

A loud feedback screech blasted from a speaker on the wall. It was a hailing signal of some kind.

The show ended with a riot of feedbacking guitars.

His employees feedbacked him a lot more than he wanted.

Customers feedbacked their complaints and some praise.

Word Forms

feedbacks
feedbacking
feedbacked

Synonyms for feedback

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does feedback mean?

Feedback means Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results..

What is a synonym for feedback?

Common synonyms include estimation, assessment, critique, evaluation.

What is the opposite of feedback?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use feedback in a sentence?

After you hand in your essays, I will give both grades and feedback.

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Definitions by Sense

Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.

(electronics, cybernetics, control theory) The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.

(amplification) The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker.

(music) To generate the high-frequency sound by allowing a speaker to cause vibration of the sound generator of a musical instrument connected by an amplifier to the speaker.

(transitive) To provide informational feedback to.

(transitive) To convey by means of specialized communications channel.

Example Sentences

After you hand in your essays, I will give both grades and feedback.

“Over the past month, the Department has held three separate meetings with the ACLU to receive feedback and engage the organization in the solutions,” the department said in a statement. “As a result of the meetings, the Department agrees that publishing FIO statistics going forward is necessary, and the Department is working toward personalizing interactions between officers and citizens.”

The fact that similar cortical abnormalities can be experimentally induced in monkeys has allowed Michael Merzenich and his colleagues in San Francisco to explore an animal model of focal dystonia, and to demonstrate the abnormal feedback in the sensory loop and the motor misfirings that, once started, grow relentlessly worse.

A loud feedback screech blasted from a speaker on the wall. It was a hailing signal of some kind.

The show ended with a riot of feedbacking guitars.

His employees feedbacked him a lot more than he wanted.

Customers feedbacked their complaints and some praise.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does feedback mean?

Feedback means Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results..

What is a synonym for feedback?

Common synonyms include estimation, assessment, critique, evaluation.

What is the opposite of feedback?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use feedback in a sentence?

After you hand in your essays, I will give both grades and feedback.

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.