Backshift

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.noun(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.

2.nounA function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.

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

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