backest

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Definition of backest

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

(form-of, superlative)superlative form of back: most back

“He set up two anchor points for his system using articulatory criteria: cardinal vowel 1 was the highest, frontest vowel that one could make without the sound becoming a consonant, and cardinal vowel 5 was the lowest, backest vowel one could produce without pulling the tongue back into the pharynx.”

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adj

(form-of, superlative)superlative form of back: most back

“He set up two anchor points for his system using articulatory criteria: cardinal vowel 1 was the highest, frontest vowel that one could make without the sound becoming a consonant, and cardinal vowel 5 was the lowest, backest vowel one could produce without pulling the tongue back into the pharynx.”

verb

(archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular)second-person singular simple present indicative of back

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