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Meaning of "backdown" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BACKDOWN

backdown  [ˈbækˌdaʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACKDOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Backdown is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BACKDOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of backdown in the English dictionary

The definition of backdown in the dictionary is an act of retreating from a previously asserted position.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BACKDOWN


blowdown
ˈbləʊˌdaʊn
breakdown
ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn
cooldown
ˈkuːlˌdaʊn
countdown
ˈkaʊntˌdaʊn
drawdown
ˈdrɔːˌdaʊn
hoedown
ˈhəʊˌdaʊn
kickdown
ˈkɪkˌdaʊn
lookdown
ˈlʊkˌdaʊn
markdown
ˈmɑːkˌdaʊn
meltdown
ˈmɛltˌdaʊn
pastedown
ˈpeɪstˌdaʊn
pull-down
ˈpʊlˌdaʊn
showdown
ˈʃəʊˌdaʊn
shutdown
ˈʃʌtˌdaʊn
slowdown
ˈsləʊˌdaʊn
smackdown
ˈsmækˌdaʊn
step-down
ˈstɛpˌdaʊn
sundown
ˈsʌnˌdaʊn
teardown
ˈtɛərˌdaʊn
touchdown
ˈtʌtʃˌdaʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACKDOWN

backchannel
backchat
backcheck
backcloth
backcomb
backcourt
backcourtman
backcross
backdate
backdoor
backdraft
backdraught
backdrop
backed
backer
backet
backfall
backfield
backfile
backfill

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACKDOWN

back down
break down
communication breakdown
crackdown
down
get down
go down
hold down
knockdown
lockdown
low-down
nervous breakdown
sit down
sit-down
takedown
up and down
up-and-down
upside down
upside-down
wind down

Synonyms and antonyms of backdown in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «backdown» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACKDOWN

Find out the translation of backdown to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of backdown from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «backdown» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

让步
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

retroceso
570 millions of speakers

English

backdown
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हटना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تتراجع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

backdown
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

backdown
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দাবি পরিত্যাগ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de recul
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Backdown
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rückzieher
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

降伏
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

퇴각
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Backdown
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trở xuống phía dưới
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பின்வாங்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परत खाली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cayma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cedimento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

manewr cofania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

backdown
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

recul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

backdown
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

staan ​​terug
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

backmanövrar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

backdown
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of backdown

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BACKDOWN»

The term «backdown» is regularly used and occupies the 100.511 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BACKDOWN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about backdown

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACKDOWN»

Discover the use of backdown in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to backdown and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
PC Mag
By using BACKDOWN's script language, you can automate such repetitive procedures. With a short script, you could log on to a BBS or set up to download a file; a longer script might handle the whole session. from when you log on through ...
2
Dolphins and the Tuna Industry
or additions that add to the predictability or controllability of the backdown channel's geometry could assist in the reliable release of all dolphins. Ideally, the backdown channel would remain open and functional, regardless of the behavior of ...
Committee on Reducing Porpoise Mortality from Tuna Fishing, 1992
3
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
manned, and may remain either in the water or in the davits. Both shall be ready for use until backdown commences. Speedboats shall tow on bunchlines whenever net collapse begins or on the corkline if canopies of loose webbing form ...
4
Dolphins
A backdown allows tropical spotted dolphins and spinner dolphins to escape from a tuna net. When hung in the water from a boat, a drift. This 1972 Marine Protection Act made it illegal for U.S. fishers to harm dolphins and other marine ...
Sally M. Walker, 2007
5
L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected
longer possible to remove live dolphins from the net by this procedure. At least one crewman must be deployed during backdown to aid in the release of dolphins. Thereafter, other release procedures required will be continued so that all live ...
6
Statistical Learning from a Regression Perspective
Variable Importance for The Mortality Category netcanopy backdown biomass cwtunay encircle cwtunao diver capskil netretrieval 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 Importance 0.05 0.06 0.07 Fig. 5.15. Variable importance when the outcome is dolphin ...
Richard A. Berk, 2008
7
Structuring Conflict in the Arab World: Incumbents, ...
Second, the opposition will prefer the Status Quo to BackDown, while the incumbents, in contrast, will always prefer BackDown to the Status Quo. Thus, for the government, BackDown > Status Quo > Settlement. For the moderate opposition, ...
Ellen Lust-Okar, 2005
8
Dolphin Societies: Discoveries and Puzzles
expect this procedure, called "backing down"; they wait quietly in the backdown area and swim out or allow themselves to be sluiced out." When all the dolphins have been released, the remainder of the net is rolled aboard. The tuna are ...
Karen Pryor, Kenneth Stafford Norris, 1998
9
Beyond Rhetorical Questions: Assertive Questions in Everyday ...
I'm no:t, If they are heard as pre-disagreements, these pre-disagreements done as repairs can initiate self-correction (Schegloff et al. 1977) or other types of backdown (Schegloff 1995b, to appear) by targeting a "trouble source" and leaving it ...
Irene Koshik, 2005
10
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50, Wildlife and ...
(i) Backdown procedure. Backdown must be performed following a purse seine set in which dolphins are captured in the course of catching tuna, and must be continued until it is no longer possible to remove live dolphins from the net by this  ...
Office of the Federal Register (U.S.), 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACKDOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term backdown is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Backing down on Greece's debt is the safest, most rational option
If Greece leaves the EU, the European project is over. If it leaves the euro and recovers, austerity is done for. The best option is a backdown on ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Uber suspends its POP service in France
Friday's backdown follows a tense period for the company in France. Last Thursday, thousands of taxi drivers, who have to pay up to €240,000 ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
3
Murray McCully's peace aspirations gives the knockers material
The Israelis read it as a backdown, while the Palestinians could hardly interpret the appointment of one of our most distinguished diplomats as ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
4
International day of rallies against Aboriginal community closures
Rally numbers were down the third time around, perhaps due to the Western Australian government's slight backdown and the lack of concrete ... «Green Left Weekly, Jul 15»
5
Government flip-flops on immigration rule for Christchurch rebuild
The backdown comes after ONE News revealed the change might affect migrant workers required for the Christchurch rebuild. Source: ONE ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»
6
Greek debt crisis: Alexis Tsipras letter signals backdown to secure …
Alexis Tsipras, Greece's prime minister, has sent a letter to creditors detailing the minor changes they seek to the bailout package in order to ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
7
Parliament plays Where's Boris? as Heathrow issue circles the house
First the backdown on rail improvements to the Midlands and now Heathrow. “This report is a very good report and I very much hope to get ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
8
Funding freeze hits Gladstone to tune of $1million
The Deputy Prime Minister's office told APN Newsdesk there would be no backdown on the 2014/15 budget decision that is costing the region ... «Gladstone Observer, Jun 15»
9
Apple Music: What Kiwis need to know
Taylor Swift's criticism of Apple Music forced a backdown by the company. To find out more about your favourites artists, click the Connect tab. «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
10
Syriza's fraudulent capital controls
Likewise, President Obama is aware that any backdown in Europe would have a significant impact in the US. The utterly false assessment of ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jun 15»

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