backshift English

Meaning backshift meaning

What does backshift mean?

backshift noun

— (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.

backshift verb

— (grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.

Synonyms backshift synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as backshift?

backshift English » English

late shift

evening shift