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feedback

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈfiːdˌbæk/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: estimation, assessment, critique, evaluation

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Qualifier: cybernetics; control theory; cybernetics; control theory

Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Qualifier: amplification

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: audio feedback, Larsen effect, howlback, howlround

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Examples

  • The show ended with a riot of feedbacking guitars.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To provide informational feedback to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • His employees feedbacked him a lot more than he wanted.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To convey by means of specialized communications channel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Customers feedbacked their complaints and some praise.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

response to an inquiry or experiment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: answer, reply, response

8

noun

Meaning 8

the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: natural process, natural action, action, activity

Narrower terms: negative feedback, positive feedback, regeneration

History

Etymology

From feed + back.

Across languages

Translations

163 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: terugvoer — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Arabic: تَلْقِيم اِسْتِرْجَاعِيّ (talqīm istirjāʕiyy) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Arabic: تَقْيِيم (taqyīm) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Arabic: إِرْتِجَاع (ʔirtijāʕ) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Armenian: գնահատական (gnahatakan) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Azerbaijani: əks-əlaqə — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Belarusian: во́дзыў (vódzyw) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Belarusian: адкліка́нне (adklikánnje) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Belarusian: во́дгук (vódhuk) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Bulgarian: обра́тна връ́зка (obrátna vrǎ́zka) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Catalan: resposta — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 反饋 /反馈 (fǎnkuì) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 反應 /反应 (fǎnyìng) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Czech: zpětná vazba — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Czech: zpětný názor — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Dutch: terugkoppeling — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Esperanto: retrokuplo — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Finnish: palaute — critical assessment of process or activity
  • French: évaluation — critical assessment of process or activity
  • French: réaction — critical assessment of process or activity
  • West-Frisian: weromkeppeling — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Galician: valoración — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Galician: avaliación — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Galician: comentario — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Galician: impresión — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Georgian: უკუკავშირი (uḳuḳavširi) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Georgian: ფიდბექი (pidbeki) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Georgian: გამოხმაურება (gamoxmaureba) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • German: Feedback — critical assessment of process or activity
  • German: Rückmeldung — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Greek: ανάδραση (anádrasi) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Hebrew: פִידְבֶּק (fídbek) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Hindi: प्रतिपुष्टि (pratipuṣṭi) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Hindi: प्रतिक्रिया (pratikriyā) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Hindi: प्रतिसाद (pratisād) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Hungarian: visszajelzés — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Icelandic: endurgjöf — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Indonesian: umpan balik — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Indonesian: balikan — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Indonesian: masukan — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Indonesian: masukan balik — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Irish: aiseolas — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Italian: valutazione — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Italian: riscontro — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Italian: risposta — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Japanese: フィードバック (fīdobakku) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Japanese: 反応 (hannō) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Japanese: 批評 (hihyō) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Kazakh: фидбэк (fidbék) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Korean: 피드백 (pideubaek) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Korean: 비평 (bipyeong) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Korean: 반응 (baneung) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Macedonian: повратна информација (povratna informacija) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Malay: maklum balas — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Māori: kōrero whakahoki — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Persian: بازخورد (bâzxord) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Polish: feedback — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Polish: informacja zwrotna — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Polish: uwaga — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Polish: opinia zwrotna — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Portuguese: comentário — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Portuguese: avaliação — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Portuguese: feedback — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Romanian: reacție — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Russian: о́тзыв (ótzyv) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Russian: о́тклик (ótklik) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Russian: обра́тная связь (obrátnaja svjazʹ) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Russian: оце́нка (océnka) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Russian: фидбэ́к (fidbɛ́k) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Serbo-Croatian: povratna informacija — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Serbo-Croatian: povratne informacije — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Serbo-Croatian: povratno mišljenje — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Slovak: spätná väzba — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Slovene: povratne informacije — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Slovene: povratno mnenje — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Slovene: povratna zanka — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Spanish: valoración — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Spanish: comentario — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Spanish: reacción — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Spanish: impresión — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Spanish: feedback — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Spanish: corrección — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Swedish: feedback — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Turkish: geri bildirim — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Ukrainian: зворо́тний зв'я́зок (zvorótnyj zvʺjázok) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Ukrainian: відкли́кання (vidklýkannja) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Ukrainian: відклика́ння (vidklykánnja) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Ukrainian: ві́дгук (vídhuk) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Urdu: باز رسی (bāz-rasī) — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Vietnamese: sự phản hồi — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Walloon: ritripaedje — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Walloon: rispitaedje — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Welsh: adborth — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Welsh: atborth — critical assessment of process or activity
  • Armenian: հետադարձ կապ (hetadarj kap) — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Bulgarian: обра́тна връ́зка (obrátna vrǎ́zka) — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Catalan: retroacció — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Catalan: realimentació — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Chinese Mandarin: 反饋 /反馈 (fǎnkuì) — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Chinese Mandarin: 反饋信號 /反馈信号 (fǎnkuì xìnhào) — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Czech: zpětná vazba — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Dutch: terugkoppeling — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Esperanto: retroefiko — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Esperanto: retroago — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Finnish: takaisinkytkentä — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Finnish: takaisinsyöttö — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Finnish: palaute — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • French: rétroaction — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Georgian: უკუკავშირი (uḳuḳavširi) — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Georgian: უკურეაქცია (uḳureakcia) — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • German: Rückkopplung — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • German: Feedback — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Greek: ανάδραση (anádrasi) — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Greek: ανατροφοδότηση (anatrofodótisi) — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Hebrew: פִידְבֶּק (fídbek) — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Hungarian: visszacsatolás — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Indonesian: umpan balik — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Italian: retroazione — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Japanese: フィードバック (fīdobakku) — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Korean: 피드백 (pideubaek) — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Malay: suap balik — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Māori: maiorooro — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Polish: sprzężenie zwrotne — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Portuguese: retroalimentação — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Portuguese: realimentação — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Portuguese: feedback — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Romanian: reacție — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Romanian: efect retroactiv — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Romanian: conexiune inversă — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Russian: обра́тная связь (obrátnaja svjazʹ) — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Russian: фидбэ́к (fidbɛ́k) — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Serbo-Croatian: povratna sprega — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Slovak: spätná väzba — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Spanish: retroacción — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Spanish: realimentación — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Spanish: retroalimentación — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Spanish: feedback — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Swedish: återkoppling — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Turkish: geri besleme — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Ukrainian: зворо́тний зв'я́зок (zvorótnyj zvʺjázok) — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Vietnamese: sự hoàn ngược — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Vietnamese: sự phản hồi — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Welsh: atborth — signal that is looped back to control a system within itself
  • Dutch: rondzingen — howling noise
  • Finnish: kierto — howling noise
  • French: effet Larsen — howling noise
  • German: (akustische) Rückkopplung — howling noise
  • German: Feedback — howling noise
  • Hebrew: פִידְבֶּק (fídbek) — howling noise
  • Hungarian: gerjedés — howling noise
  • Italian: ritorno — howling noise
  • Japanese: ハウリング (hauringu) — howling noise
  • Japanese: フィードバック (fīdobakku) — howling noise
  • Japanese: 鳴音 (meion) — howling noise
  • Māori: maiorooro — howling noise
  • Portuguese: microfonia — howling noise
  • Portuguese: feedback — howling noise
  • Slovak: spätná väzba — howling noise
  • Spanish: acople — howling noise
  • Spanish: retroalimentación — howling noise
  • Spanish: retroalimentación acústica — howling noise
  • Swedish: rundgång — howling noise
  • Vietnamese: sự nối tiếp — howling noise
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