What part of speech is backed?

Backed can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. backed is a verb, past participle of back (infinitive).
  • 2. backed is a verb, past simple of back (infinitive).
  • 3. backed is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • backed 
    more backed
    most backed
  • Positive: backed 
  • Comparative: more backed
  • Superlative: most backed

What does backed mean?

Definitions

Adjective
backed - having a back or backing, usually of a specified type
backed - used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light

Verb
back - be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
back - travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"
back - support financial backing for; "back this enterprise"
back - strengthen by providing with a back or backing
back - cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot"
back - be in back of; "My garage backs their yard"
back - shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed"
back - establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?"
back - give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
back - place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
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Examples of backed

#   Sentence  
1. verb And this has already drawn protests from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) which was backed by the LTTE in the April general elections held in Sri Lanka.
2. verb All the regional countries have publicly backed the Karzai government and supported the electoral process, but serious undercurrents remain as they all have their favourite contenders in Afghanistan.
3. verb The meeting was pushed together by the CIA and the US Defence Department who were desperately anxious to secure a peaceful election in Afghanistan and the non-interference of alleged Pakistani backed Taliban.
4. verb In a major regional shift reflecting the newly strengthened position of Karzai, Iran, Russia and India which have traditionally backed the Tajik dominated former Northern Alliance made strenuous efforts to convince presidential candidate Younis Qanooni to strike a deal with Karzai before the elections and not to oppose Karzai.
5. verb "It marks the first time in recent years that China has promised to wield its veto power in the UN Security Council against a petition initiated by the United States and backed by France and Great Britain."
6. verb And the President becomes a Dictator, unrestrained by anything in the Constitution, backed up by the Armed Forces, which would be entirely under his personal control.
7. verb only once it looked like my male cat was biting at her neck and then her stomach and she was meowing fairly loud and hissed once then he backed off and now they are fine.
8. verb Foreign investors backed off because of regional political unrest.
9. verb To Bob's disappointment, several of those who had promised to help him afterwards backed out.
10. verb Traffic downtown is all backed up.
11. verb He backed us up during that incident.
12. verb That kid was almost run over when the truck backed up.
13. verb At today's meeting almost everybody backed my plan.
14. verb My house is backed by woods.
15. verb The LDP brought out a bill to raise taxes, but they met with such violent opposition that they backed down.
16. noun His back was nicely tanned.
17. noun The back of the dental chair was adjustable.
18. noun He stood at the back of the stage.
19. noun They pinned a `kick me' sign on his back.
20. noun The fall broke his back.
21. noun He wrote the date on the back of the photograph.
22. adj. The back yard.
23. adj. The back entrance.
24. adj. Back (or hind) legs.
25. adj. Back issues of the magazine.
26. adj. Also I am still thinking about the Matisse we discussed before but as you can see, I have a lot of other artists I am interested in and it may remain on the back burner because we already have one.
27. adj. But, we had a great laid back day last Saturday and I think have hit that comfortable stage...you know, not quite so formal about dates etc.
28. adj. He's pretty much an "I love American Food, good drinks on occasion, laid back." kind of guy. ;).
29. adj. It's a cute place with a really friendly, laid-back atmosphere.
30. adj. Upon delivery it was clear the entire set was damaged: a piece of wood was broke on the headboard; the chest of drawers was missing all four pieces necessary to attach the legs; the dresser back legs were pushed in causing the dresser to lean into the wall; and a nighstand was missing a drawer.
31. adj. The robber attacked her on a back street.
32. adj. We entered the room by the back door.
33. adj. My back tooth has chipped.
34. adj. We have cut back production by 20%.
35. adj. He felt for his matches and found them in his back pocket.
36. adj. The back seat of the car will hold three passengers.
37. adv. Set the clocks back an hour.
38. adv. Never look back.
39. adv. He moved back.
40. adv. We paid back everything we had borrowed.
41. adv. He hit me and I hit him back.
42. adv. I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher.
43. adv. She went back to her parents' house.
44. adv. He went back to sleep.
45. adv. He wrote back three days later.
Sentence  
verb
And this has already drawn protests from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) which was backed by the LTTE in the April general elections held in Sri Lanka.
All the regional countries have publicly backed the Karzai government and supported the electoral process, but serious undercurrents remain as they all have their favourite contenders in Afghanistan.
The meeting was pushed together by the CIA and the US Defence Department who were desperately anxious to secure a peaceful election in Afghanistan and the non-interference of alleged Pakistani backed Taliban.
In a major regional shift reflecting the newly strengthened position of Karzai, Iran, Russia and India which have traditionally backed the Tajik dominated former Northern Alliance made strenuous efforts to convince presidential candidate Younis Qanooni to strike a deal with Karzai before the elections and not to oppose Karzai.
"It marks the first time in recent years that China has promised to wield its veto power in the UN Security Council against a petition initiated by the United States and backed by France and Great Britain."
And the President becomes a Dictator, unrestrained by anything in the Constitution, backed up by the Armed Forces, which would be entirely under his personal control.
only once it looked like my male cat was biting at her neck and then her stomach and she was meowing fairly loud and hissed once then he backed off and now they are fine.
Foreign investors backed off because of regional political unrest.
To Bob's disappointment, several of those who had promised to help him afterwards backed out.
Traffic downtown is all backed up.
He backed us up during that incident.
That kid was almost run over when the truck backed up.
At today's meeting almost everybody backed my plan.
My house is backed by woods.
The LDP brought out a bill to raise taxes, but they met with such violent opposition that they backed down.
noun
His back was nicely tanned.
The back of the dental chair was adjustable.
He stood at the back of the stage.
They pinned a `kick me' sign on his back.
The fall broke his back.
He wrote the date on the back of the photograph.
adj.
The back yard.
The back entrance.
Back (or hind) legs.
Back issues of the magazine.
Also I am still thinking about the Matisse we discussed before but as you can see, I have a lot of other artists I am interested in and it may remain on the back burner because we already have one.
But, we had a great laid back day last Saturday and I think have hit that comfortable stage...you know, not quite so formal about dates etc.
He's pretty much an "I love American Food, good drinks on occasion, laid back." kind of guy. ;).
It's a cute place with a really friendly, laid-back atmosphere.
Upon delivery it was clear the entire set was damaged: a piece of wood was broke on the headboard; the chest of drawers was missing all four pieces necessary to attach the legs; the dresser back legs were pushed in causing the dresser to lean into the wall; and a nighstand was missing a drawer.
The robber attacked her on a back street.
We entered the room by the back door.
My back tooth has chipped.
We have cut back production by 20%.
He felt for his matches and found them in his back pocket.
The back seat of the car will hold three passengers.
adv.
Set the clocks back an hour.
Never look back.
He moved back.
We paid back everything we had borrowed.
He hit me and I hit him back.
I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher.
She went back to her parents' house.
He went back to sleep.
He wrote back three days later.
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