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feedback

  • /ˈfiːdˌbæk/

noun feedbacks

  1. uncountable, usually Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results. After you hand in your essays, I will give both grades and feedback.

    Similar: estimation, assessment, critique, evaluation

  2. uncountable, usually The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system. The fact that similar cortical abnormalities can be experimentally induced in monkeys has allowed Michael Merzenich and his colleagues in San Francisco to explore an animal model of focal dystonia, and to demonstrate the abnormal feedback in the sensory loop and the motor misfirings that, once start
  3. uncountable, usually The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker. A loud feedback screech blasted from a speaker on the wall. It was a hailing signal of some kind.

    Similar: audio feedback, Larsen effect, howlback, howlround

verb feedbacks · feedbacking · feedbacked

  1. 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. The show ended with a riot of feedbacking guitars.
  2. transitive To provide informational feedback to. His employees feedbacked him a lot more than he wanted.
  3. transitive To convey by means of specialized communications channel. Customers feedbacked their complaints and some praise.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: comment, reply, response, information, reaction, advice, answer, notice, debriefing, actual, view, opinion, retroactive, guidance, input, representations

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noun critical assessment of process or activity

Españolvaloración, comentario, reacción, impresión, feedback, corrección
한국어피드백 pideubaek, 비평 bipyeong, 반응 baneung
日本語フィードバック fīdobakku, 反応 hannō, 批評 hihyō
中文反饋 /反馈 fǎnkuì, 反應 /反应 fǎnyìng
हिन्दीप्रतिपुष्टि pratipuṣṭi, प्रतिक्रिया pratikriyā, प्रतिसाद pratisād
Portuguêscomentário, avaliação, feedback
Françaisévaluation, réaction, retour
DeutschFeedback, Rückmeldung
Italianovalutazione, riscontro, risposta
Ελληνικάανάδραση anádrasi
Românăreacție
Русскийо́тзыв ótzyv, о́тклик ótklik, обра́тная связь obrátnaja svjazʹ, оце́нка océnka, фидбэ́к fidbɛ́k
Tiếng Việtsự phản hồi
العربيةتَلْقِيم اِسْتِرْجَاعِيّ talqīm istirjāʕiyy, تَقْيِيم taqyīm, إِرْتِجَاع ʔirtijāʕ
עבריתפִידְבֶּק fídbek

noun signal that is looped back to control a system within itself

Españolretroacción, realimentación, retroalimentación, feedback
한국어피드백 pideubaek
日本語フィードバック fīdobakku
中文反饋 /反馈 fǎnkuì, 反饋信號 /反馈信号 fǎnkuì xìnhào
Portuguêsretroalimentação, realimentação, feedback
Françaisrétroaction
DeutschRückkopplung, Feedback
Italianoretroazione
Ελληνικάανάδραση anádrasi, ανατροφοδότηση anatrofodótisi
Românăreacție, efect retroactiv, conexiune inversă
Русскийобра́тная связь obrátnaja svjazʹ, фидбэ́к fidbɛ́k
Tiếng Việtsự hoàn ngược, sự phản hồi
עבריתפִידְבֶּק fídbek

noun howling noise

Españolacople, retroalimentación, retroalimentación acústica
日本語ハウリング hauringu, フィードバック fīdobakku, 鳴音 meion
Portuguêsmicrofonia, feedback
Françaiseffet Larsen
Deutsch(akustische) Rückkopplung, Feedback
Italianoritorno
Tiếng Việtsự nối tiếp
עבריתפִידְבֶּק fídbek

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@misc{feedback_2026,
  title = {feedback},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/feedback},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}