Symbol Character guide

🔙

symbol · 4 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.

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1

symbol

Meaning 1

Backspace.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

symbol

Meaning 2

Precedes an occurrence in the past.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

Examples

  • 🔙: Three years ago today, I bought my first house.
  • 🔙 – on this day in 1912, the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, killing about 1,500

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

symbol

Meaning 3

Back.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

Qualifier: literal

Examples

  • I missed my train and it took me 30 minutes to get 🔙 to where I had to go in the first place.
  • Throw🔙 to when Taylor Swift released 1989.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

4

symbol

Meaning 4

On road signage, indicates one must turn back.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

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