What part of speech is backtracked?

Backtracked can be categorized as a verb.

Parts of speech

1. backtracked is a verb, past participle of backtrack (infinitive).
2. backtracked is a verb, past simple of backtrack (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) backtrack

backtrack / backtracks

backtracked

backtracked

backtracking

Infinitive: (to) backtrack
Present: backtrack / backtracks
Simple Past: backtracked
Past Participle: (have) backtracked
Gerund: backtracking

What does backtracked mean?

Definitions

Verb
backtrack - retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"

Examples of backtracked

#		Sentence
1.	verb	I can't backtrack.
2.	verb	President Trump dangled this pardon to encourage Flynn to backtrack on his pledge to cooperate with federal investigators—cooperation that might have exposed the President's own wrongdoing. And it worked.
3.	verb	I can't backtrack.
4.	verb	President Trump dangled this pardon to encourage Flynn to backtrack on his pledge to cooperate with federal investigators—cooperation that might have exposed the President's own wrongdoing. And it worked.

Sentence
verb
I can't backtrack.
President Trump dangled this pardon to encourage Flynn to backtrack on his pledge to cooperate with federal investigators—cooperation that might have exposed the President's own wrongdoing. And it worked.
I can't backtrack.
President Trump dangled this pardon to encourage Flynn to backtrack on his pledge to cooperate with federal investigators—cooperation that might have exposed the President's own wrongdoing. And it worked.

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