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backported

backported is the simple past and past participle of backport.

Meaning of backport

Verb

backport (third-person singular simple present backports, present participle backporting, simple past and past participle backported)

  1. (transitive) To retroactively supply to a previous version of a software product a fix or a new feature at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.
    Synonyms:
    retrofit
    Antonyms:
    port
  2. (also, transitive) To re-release software on its original or a previous platform with new features, after its release on a different platform.

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Questions about backported

What is backported the simple past and past participle of?
Backported is the simple past and past participle of backport.

Words near backported in the dictionary

  1. backporch
  2. backporches
  3. backport
  4. backportability
  5. backportable
  6. backported
  7. backporting
  8. backports
  9. backpost
  10. backposts
  11. backpressure

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backported (page history and authors); backport (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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