2syllables
backshift
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Definitions ofbackshift
1noun
- (grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
- A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
1verb
- (grammar) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
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