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.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
/ˈfiːdˌbæk/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:F IY1 D B AE2 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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.
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.