feedback

UK/ˈfiːdˌbæk/US/ˈfiːdˌbæk/

nounB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #5,015 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: feedbacks

Feedback is honest comments on your work that help you improve it. Give feedback, ask for feedback, useful feedback.

The word came from engineering, where feedback is output fed back into the input — and the squeal from a microphone near its own speaker is the same effect. Useful feedback is specific and about the work rather than the person; the rest is noise.

Definitions of feedback

1nounfeedbackComments on your work that help you improve it.B2
“My teacher gave me useful feedback on my essay, so I rewrote the ending.”

feedback is a response.

Where it comes from

From feed + back.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Work & Careers

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feedback in the wild

There are many mechanisms by which cloud feedbacks occur.
Cloud feedback
Observations and climate model results now provide high confidence that the overall cloud feedback on climate change is positive.
Cloud feedback
However, an LFSR with a well-chosen feedback function can produce a sequence of bits that appears random and has a very long cycle.
Linear-feedback shift register
The sound of guitar feedback is considered to be a desirable musical effect in heavy metal music, hardcore punk and grunge.
Audio feedback
Negative feedback is widely used in mechanical and electronic engineering, and it is observed in many other fields including biology, chemistry and economics.
Negative feedback

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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