feedback
noun · verb
Simple meaning
Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
feedbakSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈfidbæk
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
electronicscyberneticscontrol theory
The process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output
electronicscyberneticscontrol theory
The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.
verb
transitive
To convey by means of specialized communications channel.
transitive
To provide informational feedback to.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
Used this way, feedback is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use feedback
- “We welcome any feedback to help us improve our services.”noun
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The opening works; the middle section loses the thread for me. Could we cut the second example?I'd keep the intro and rework the middle, it's doing two jobs at once.
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