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Back to the Future Day

Back to the Future Day proper noun: the date October 21, 2015, regarded as commemorative of the movie Back to the Future Part II, in which the main characters use a time machine to travel to this date from the year 1985.

Proper noun

Back to the Future Day

  1. The date October 21, 2015, regarded as commemorative of the movie Back to the Future Part II, in which the main characters use a time machine to travel to this date from the year 1985.
    • It's Back to the Future Day - the date Marty and Doc crashed the future in the second of the three time-hopping sci-fi adventure films.2015 October 20, Leo Kelion, “Back to the Future II: What did it get right and wrong?”, in BBC
    • For anyone who is still confused, Back to the Future Day marks the fact that today is the date specified for the "future" setting in the 1989 Back to the Future II film.2015 October 21, Adam Withnall, “Department for Work and Pensions fails to appeal to public with 'Back to the Future Day' tweet”, in The Independent

Questions about Back to the Future Day

What does Back to the Future Day mean?
Back to the Future Day means the date October 21, 2015, regarded as commemorative of the movie Back to the Future Part II, in which the main characters use a time machine to travel to this date from the year 1985.
What part of speech is Back to the Future Day?
Back to the Future Day is a proper noun.

Words near Back to the Future Day in the dictionary

  1. back to basics
  2. back to front
  3. back to nature
  4. back to square one
  5. back to the drawing board
  6. Back to the Future Day
  7. back to the old drawing board
  8. back to the soil
  9. back to the wall
  10. back tooth
  11. back trail

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