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Princeton's WordNet

  1. backedadjective

    having a back or backing, usually of a specified type

  2. backedadjective

    used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light

Wiktionary

  1. backedadjective

    Dead; put on one's back.

    He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders; that is, carrying to the grave.

  2. backedadjective

    Having the specified backing.

    fabric-backed tape

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Backedadjective

    Having a back.

    Etymology: from back.

    Lofty-neck’d,
    Sharp headed, barrel-belly’d, broadly back’d. John Dryden, Virgil.

ChatGPT

  1. backed

    "Backed" refers to something being supported or endorsed by an individual, group, or organization, typically in terms of financial, emotional, or professional assistance. This could include investing money in a project, standing up for someone in a difficult situation, or granting approval or authority for an idea or decision.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Backed

    of Back

  2. Backedadjective

    having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed; hump-backed

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'backed' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3815

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of backed in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of backed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of backed in a Sentence

  1. Rex Tillerson:

    Diplomatic and financial leverage or power will be backed up by willingness to counteract North Korean aggression with military action, if necessary. the council has repeatedly warned that it will take 'further significant measures, including sanctions' in the case of future provocations.

  2. Siddharth Astir:

    The need to appreciated should always be backed by the courage to be criticized.

  3. Bill Hagerty:

    With Hamas and other Iranian-backed Palestinian terrorists continuing to launch indiscriminate rocket attacks against Israel, Americans have seen the images of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense systems repeatedly intercepting rockets and saving the lives of countless civilians.

  4. Antony Blinken:

    Putin has made a terrible, terrible, terrible mistake in many ways. But it starts with the proposition that somehow Ukraine doesn’t exist as an independent country, what Ukrainians are showing every single day is, of course, exactly the opposite. And ultimately, their strength, their resolve, their determination, backed by the United States, in fact by the world, is going to prevail.

  5. Elijah Cummings:

    I believe that what we do in this Congress over the next year or so will have impact for the next 50 to 100 years, we're going to cautiously go about with subpoenas. ... There would have to be something that has a compelling interest to the citizens of the United States, and would have to be something that comes under our jurisdiction. So there's certain criteria that has to be met. I do not expect to be issuing subpoenas -- even the 64 that we've asked for because there are so many things that are backed up. And we'll never get a chance to do everything.

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