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# feedback

«feedback» in Mova's school dictionary: **information or comments about how well you have done…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (feedback, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Feedback is information or comments about how well you have done something, so you can do it better next time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feedback/#m1)

2) Feedback is what customers or users tell a company or a game maker about what they liked or disliked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feedback/#m2)

3) Feedback is a loud, high whistling noise when a microphone picks up the sound coming out of its own speaker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feedback/#m3)

4) (science) In a system, feedback is when the result of something goes back and changes what happens next. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feedback/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

At school teachers give feedback on writing, often as «two stars and a wish» or «what went well, even better if». Pupils give peer feedback to each other: kind, specific and helpful. In everyday life apps ask for feedback with stars or a smiley face. In assemblies, the microphone may squeal with feedback. Phrases: «give feedback», «get feedback», «positive feedback», «constructive feedback», «feedback form».

### examples

- My teacher's feedback said my story had a great opening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feedback/#x1)
- Give your partner kind and useful feedback on their poster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feedback/#x2)
- The shop asked us to fill in a feedback form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feedback/#x3)
- Positive feedback made Leo feel proud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feedback/#x4)
- The microphone made a terrible screech of feedback. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feedback/#x5)
- Use the feedback to improve your next draft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feedback/#x6)
- The game makers read players' feedback and fixed the bug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feedback/#x7)
- Your body gives you feedback: when you are tired, you yawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feedback/#x8)

### note

Uncountable: say «some feedback» or «a piece of feedback», not «a feedback» or «feedbacks». Feedback can be good or bad; good feedback still points to next steps. «Constructive feedback» means criticism meant to help.

### In the corpora

- [Getting feedback on your own work, then improving it yourself, is a good use if your school allows it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations/14/)
- [Flattery is not honest feedback; honest, kind feedback helps people more than "Great question!" said to everything.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/28-who-you-are-honest-ai/21/)
- [Pointing the microphone away from the speakers or turning it down stops feedback.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/4-starting-a-band/14/)
- [Useful feedback is kind, specific and helpful: it names something that works and one clear thing to improve.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/38-praise-and-criticism-giving-and-taking-feedback/5/)
- [Praise for every answer, right or wrong, teaches nothing; good feedback says what was right and gently fixes what was wrong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/27/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «feedback» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feedback/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.