What part of speech is backspacing?

Backspacing can be categorized as a verb.

Parts of speech

1. backspacing is a verb, gerund of backspace (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) backspace

backspace / backspaces

backspaced

backspaced

backspacing

Infinitive: (to) backspace
Present: backspace / backspaces
Simple Past: backspaced
Past Participle: (have) backspaced
Gerund: backspacing

What does backspacing mean?

Definitions

Verb
backspace - hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard; "To erase, you must backspace"

Examples of backspacing

#		Sentence
1.	verb	To erase, you must backspace.

Sentence
verb
To erase, you must backspace.

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