Definitions of backshift:
- noun: (grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
- noun: (statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
- verb: (grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
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