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backlists

backlists is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 backlists

What is backlists the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Backlists is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backlist.

Words near backlists in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backlists (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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