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— English words —

• backshift n. (Grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
• backshift n. (Statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding…
• backshift v. (Grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.

26 English words from 3 English definitions

any change changing from function Grammar of␣a past preceding present process random random␣variable reported reported␣speech speech Statistics stochastic stochastic␣process tense the transitive value variable verb whose

1 foreign word from 3 English definitions

past␣in

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

backshifts backshifted backshifting

20 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ack ACK acks ACKs bac BAC -bac- back Back back- backs Cks CKs HIF if't KSH shi Shi shift Shift

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

cab Cab CAB HSK IHS SKCA

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

backshifts fightbacks fights␣back

3 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

backfist backfits Fishback

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