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backtranslates

backtranslates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backtranslate.

Meaning of backtranslate

Verb

backtranslate (third-person singular simple present backtranslates, present participle backtranslating, simple past and past participle backtranslated)

  1. To translate a translated text to its original language
    • There are those who put significant effort into retranslating and backtranslating work to avoid detection.2021, Sarah Elaine Eaton, Plagiarism in Higher Education
  2. To translate a protein's amino acid sequence to a nucleotide sequence

Questions about backtranslates

What is backtranslates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Backtranslates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backtranslate.

Words near backtranslates in the dictionary

  1. backtransformed
  2. backtransforming
  3. backtransforms
  4. backtranslate
  5. backtranslated
  6. backtranslates
  7. backtranslating
  8. backtranslation
  9. backtranslations
  10. backtroll
  11. backtrolled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backtranslates (page history and authors); backtranslate (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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