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readback.

The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The act of reading data back from a location where it has been stored.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The repetition of a message one has received, in order to acknowledge it and to demonstrate accurate comprehension (especially of commands).

    countable · uncountable
  3. The reading aloud by a transcriptionist, court reporter, or stenographer of draft correspondence or of testimony previously taken down in dictation, usually at the request of the presiding judge or parties involved in a deposition (courtroom contexts) or of the manager dictating the correspondence (business contexts).

    countable · uncountable
    OK, now let's do a readback before you send this off.
    The judge ordered a readback of a portion of the testimony.
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Deverbal from read back.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.