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backshifted

backshifted is the simple past and past participle of backshift.

Meaning of backshift

Verb

backshift (third-person singular simple present backshifts, present participle backshifting, simple past and past participle backshifted)

  1. (transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.

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Questions about backshifted

What is backshifted the simple past and past participle of?
Backshifted is the simple past and past participle of backshift.

Words near backshifted in the dictionary

  1. backsheet
  2. backsheets
  3. backshell
  4. backshells
  5. backshift
  6. backshifted
  7. backshifting
  8. backshifts
  9. backshine
  10. backshish
  11. backshished

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backshifted (page history and authors); backshift (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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