backshift
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
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The sentence:
becomes the sentence:
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backshift (countable and uncountable, plural backshifts)
- (grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
- (statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
Verb[edit]
backshift (third-person singular simple present backshifts, present participle backshifting, simple past and past participle backshifted)
- (grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.