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report back

report back verb: to deliver a spoken or written account or report of something one has been asked or required to do or investigate.

Verb

report back (third-person singular simple present reports back, present participle reporting back, simple past and past participle reported back)

  1. To deliver a spoken or written account or report of something one has been asked or required to do or investigate.
    • Safety authorities and public bodies such as the ORR and Network Rail are required to report back to RAIB on how any recommendations addressed to them have been considered and what actions have or are planned to be taken.2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, page 33
  2. To return, to come back, usually in order to report information.

Forms of report back

third-person singular presentreports back
present participlereporting back
past participlereported back
pastreported back

Questions about report back

What does report back mean?
Report back means to deliver a spoken or written account or report of something one has been asked or required to do or investigate.
What part of speech is report back?
Report back is a verb.
What is the past tense of report back?
The past tense of report back is reported back.

Words near report back in the dictionary

  1. repopulation
  2. repopulations
  3. repopulator
  4. repopulators
  5. report
  6. report back
  7. report card
  8. report cards
  9. report for duty
  10. report out
  11. reportability

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