Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to backtrack
Participle: backtracked
Gerund: backtracking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | backtrack |
| you | backtrack |
| he;she;it | backtracks |
| we | backtrack |
| you | backtrack |
| they | backtrack |
Perfect
| I | have backtracked |
| you | have backtracked |
| he;she;it | has backtracked |
| we | have backtracked |
| you | have backtracked |
| they | have backtracked |
Past
| I | backtracked |
| you | backtracked |
| he;she;it | backtracked |
| we | backtracked |
| you | backtracked |
| they | backtracked |
Pluperfect
| I | had backtracked |
| you | had backtracked |
| he;she;it | had backtracked |
| we | had backtracked |
| you | had backtracked |
| they | had backtracked |
Future
| I | will backtrack |
| you | will backtrack |
| he;she;it | will backtrack |
| we | will backtrack |
| you | will backtrack |
| they | will backtrack |
Future Perfect
| I | will have backtracked |
| you | will have backtracked |
| he;she;it | will have backtracked |
| we | will have backtracked |
| you | will have backtracked |
| they | will have backtracked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | backtrack |
| you | backtrack |
| he;she;it | backtrack |
| we | backtrack |
| you | backtrack |
| they | backtrack |
Perfect
| I | have backtracked |
| you | have backtracked |
| he;she;it | have backtracked |
| we | have backtracked |
| you | have backtracked |
| they | have backtracked |
Imperfect
| I | backtracked |
| you | backtracked |
| he;she;it | backtracked |
| we | backtracked |
| you | backtracked |
| they | backtracked |
Pluperfect
| I | had backtracked |
| you | had backtracked |
| he;she;it | had backtracked |
| we | had backtracked |
| you | had backtracked |
| they | had backtracked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would backtrack |
| you | would backtrack |
| he;she;it | would backtrack |
| we | would backtrack |
| you | would backtrack |
| they | would backtrack |
Perfect
| I | would have backtracked |
| you | would have backtracked |
| he;she;it | would have backtracked |
| we | would have backtracked |
| you | would have backtracked |
| they | would have backtracked |
Imperative
| you | backtrack |
| we | Let's backtrack |
| you | backtrack |
Verbs conjugated like 'backtrack'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'backtrack'
back-track,
backtrace,
backpack,
backtalk,
backtrail,
backcheck,
backreact,
backspace,
backtab,
backtag,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.?
3. Proto-Germanic *baką
4. Proto-West Germanic *bak
5. Old English bæc
6. Middle English bak
7. English back
8. English track
9. English backtrack
10. From back + track.
Sample Sentences
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I dropped my sunglasses and had to backtrack to find them.
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Trophy in paw, I invest another hour twenty backtracking to find my original spawn-in spot, and reduce Fluffoki and her little friendlings to so much dead flesh, although sorry to say, it being a kids' game, they die in splatters of sparks rather than [...] [2008, Lauren Beukes, Moxyland - Page 86:]
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If we backtrack through this problem, maybe we can figure out where we went wrong.
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Speedbird One: enter and backtrack Runway 27 Left.
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After enormous public outrage, the government backtracked on its proposed ban.
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Woodward’s mild rebuke of Tatis received backlash from most players who spoke out, and even Woodward backtracked and reexplained himself the next day. [2020 August 22, Adam Kilgore, “Baseball’s unwritten rules may be softening, but they haven’t gone away”, in The Washington Post:]
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“You saw the disaster that followed when Trump spoke out against the Florida [amendment],” said Trish Crouse, a political science professor at the University of New Haven. “He found himself having to backtrack and reexplain himself.” [2024 June 10, Justine McDaniel and Anumita Kaur, “Harris’s own ballot will include crime measure dividing Democrats in Calif.”, in The Washington Post:]
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[2026 June 11, Steve Dent, “Anthropic backtracks on policy that 'sabotaged' researchers' work”, in Engadget:]