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reporting back

reporting back is the present participle and gerund of report back.

Meaning of report back

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.

Questions about reporting back

What is reporting back the present participle and gerund of?
Reporting back is the present participle and gerund of report back.

Words near reporting back in the dictionary

  1. reporterships
  2. reportest
  3. reporteth
  4. reportfag
  5. reporting
  6. reporting back
  7. reporting for duty
  8. reporting mark
  9. reporting marks
  10. reporting point
  11. reporting points

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