read back
Confirm by repeating
Read back means to repeat aloud something that was just said or written, typically to verify accuracy.
A server reads back your order to confirm it.
In aviation and military contexts, reading back instructions is standard protocol: Please read back the coordinates.
The noun readback refers to this verification process itself.
- reciteSpeak from memory
- repeatDo or say again
- say againRequest for repetition
- word for wordExactly as spoken
- playbackReproducing recorded media
voice memo · tape recorder · verify · confirm · double check · transcribe · dictation · recording · audio · tape · stenographer · court reporter · transcript · rewind · review · quote · echo · parrot
- Reading Termspage turner, cover to cover, bookworm, fine print, bedtime story
- radio lingoroger, copy, over, out, 10-4
- aviation radioVHF radio, pan-pan, copy, over, out
- stenographystenography, shorthand, stenotype, steno, court reporter
acknowledgment type
read backignore
Refuse to notice
nod · say nothing · remain silent · disregard · wave off
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