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backlisting

backlisting is the present participle and gerund of backlist.

Meaning of backlist

Verb

backlist (third-person singular simple present backlists, present participle backlisting, simple past and past participle backlisted)

  1. (transitive) To hold back a student's application (to a college etc.) based on whether a preferred candidate declines their offer.
    • I have not heard back from the college yet: I must have been backlisted.
  2. (transitive) To place (a book) on a backlist.

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Questions about backlisting

What is backlisting the present participle and gerund of?
Backlisting is the present participle and gerund of backlist.

Words near backlisting in the dictionary

  1. backlinkers
  2. backlinking
  3. backlinks
  4. backlist
  5. backlisted
  6. backlisting
  7. backlists
  8. backlit
  9. backload
  10. backloaded
  11. backloading

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backlisting (page history and authors); backlist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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