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Noun: feedback  'feed,bak
  1. Critical assessment or suggestions to improve performance
    "After you hand in your essays, I will give both grades and feedback"
     
  2. The process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output
    "The thermostat uses feedback to maintain a constant room temperature"
     
  3. Response to an inquiry or experiment
    "The scientist eagerly awaited feedback on her research proposal"
Verb: feed back
  1. Submit (information) again to a program or automatic system
    "You'll need to feed back your application after making the required changes";
    - resubmit
     
  2. Respond to a query or outcome
    "The team fed back their project results to management"

Derived forms: feeds back, feeding back, feedbacks, fed back

Type of: action, activity, advise, answer, natural action, natural process, propose, render, reply, response, return, suggest

Encyclopedia: Feedback