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How to pronounce “backtracking”
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Pronunciation guide for backtracking
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of backtracking with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- On the Edge: Leadership Lessons from Mount Everest
ERICA FOX: You also have stories in the book about backtracking.
- Definition summary
- (countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.
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How to pronounce backtracking
On the Edge: Leadership Lessons from Mount Everest

ERICA FOX: You also have stories in the book about backtracking.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “backtracking”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.
- (aviation) The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.
- (computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
- [Verb]
- present participle and gerund of backtrack
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