Feedback
/ˈfiːdˌbæk/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounCritical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
nounThe part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.
Sentence Examples
Please review the contents and provide any appropriate feedback.
A terribly loud beep resounded - the microphone produced feedback.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher asked students for ____ on the new homework policy.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The teacher gave the students detailed ____ on their essays to help them improve their writing.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English feed English back English feedback From feed + back.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"“Over the past month, the Department has held three separate meetings with the ACLU to receive feedback and engage the organization in the solutions,” the department said in a statement. “As a result of the meetings, the Department agrees that publishing FIO statistics going forward is necessary, and the Department is working toward personalizing interactions between officers and citizens.”"
— 2014 October 9, Marina Carver, “Study finds Boston police target African-Americans disproportionately”, in CNN:
"The fact that similar cortical abnormalities can be experimentally induced in monkeys has allowed Michael Merzenich and his colleagues in San Francisco to explore an animal model of focal dystonia, and to demonstrate the abnormal feedback in the sensory loop and the motor misfirings that, once started, grow relentlessly worse."
— 2007, Oliver Sacks, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain:
"A loud feedback screech blasted from a speaker on the wall. It was a hailing signal of some kind."
— 2002, John Griesemer, No One Thinks of Greenland, Picador, →ISBN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher asked students for ____ on the new homework policy.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The teacher gave the students detailed ____ on their essays to help them improve their writing.