verb🔗ShareTo retrace one's steps."I dropped my sunglasses and had to backtrack to find them."actionwayprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo repeat or review work already done."If we backtrack through this problem, maybe we can figure out where we went wrong."actionprocessworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff."Speedbird One: enter and backtrack Runway 27 Left."vehicletechnicaldirectionactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run."The jockey had to backtrack the horse around the track before the next race. "sportraceanimaldirectionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps."The hiker's backtracking was necessary after realizing they had taken the wrong trail. "actionwaycomputingtechnicalprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports."Due to the short runway, the pilot was instructed to perform backtracking to reach the end for takeoff. "vehicletechnicaltrafficChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.""Finding the correct order to pack the suitcase became an exercise in backtracking, as I kept taking things out when they didn't all fit." "computingtechnicallogicprocessplanscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
