backspaces
back·space
(băk′spās′)intr.v. back·spaced, back·spac·ing, back·spac·es
a. To move an onscreen cursor one character to the left, typically deleting the character that is there, by pressing the backspace key.
b. To move a typewriter carriage back one space by striking the backspace key.
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backspace
(ˈbækˌspeɪs)vb
(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to move a (typewriter carriage) backwards
n
(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a typewriter key that effects such a movement
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back•space
(ˈbækˌspeɪs) v. -spaced, -spac•ing,
n. v.i.
1. to move the typing element of a typewriter, the cursor on a computer display, etc., one space backward, as by depressing a special key.
n.2. the labeled key on a keyboard used for backspacing.
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backspace
Past participle: backspaced
Gerund: backspacing
| Imperative |
|---|
| backspace |
| backspace |
| Present |
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| I backspace |
| you backspace |
| he/she/it backspaces |
| we backspace |
| you backspace |
| they backspace |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I backspaced |
| you backspaced |
| he/she/it backspaced |
| we backspaced |
| you backspaced |
| they backspaced |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am backspacing |
| you are backspacing |
| he/she/it is backspacing |
| we are backspacing |
| you are backspacing |
| they are backspacing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have backspaced |
| you have backspaced |
| he/she/it has backspaced |
| we have backspaced |
| you have backspaced |
| they have backspaced |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was backspacing |
| you were backspacing |
| he/she/it was backspacing |
| we were backspacing |
| you were backspacing |
| they were backspacing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had backspaced |
| you had backspaced |
| he/she/it had backspaced |
| we had backspaced |
| you had backspaced |
| they had backspaced |
| Future |
|---|
| I will backspace |
| you will backspace |
| he/she/it will backspace |
| we will backspace |
| you will backspace |
| they will backspace |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have backspaced |
| you will have backspaced |
| he/she/it will have backspaced |
| we will have backspaced |
| you will have backspaced |
| they will have backspaced |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be backspacing |
| you will be backspacing |
| he/she/it will be backspacing |
| we will be backspacing |
| you will be backspacing |
| they will be backspacing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been backspacing |
| you have been backspacing |
| he/she/it has been backspacing |
| we have been backspacing |
| you have been backspacing |
| they have been backspacing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been backspacing |
| you will have been backspacing |
| he/she/it will have been backspacing |
| we will have been backspacing |
| you will have been backspacing |
| they will have been backspacing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been backspacing |
| you had been backspacing |
| he/she/it had been backspacing |
| we had been backspacing |
| you had been backspacing |
| they had been backspacing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would backspace |
| you would backspace |
| he/she/it would backspace |
| we would backspace |
| you would backspace |
| they would backspace |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have backspaced |
| you would have backspaced |
| he/she/it would have backspaced |
| we would have backspaced |
| you would have backspaced |
| they would have backspaced |
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