Definitions for backup

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backup back·up

Spelling: [bak-uhp]

IPA: /ˈbækˌʌp/

Backup is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in backup (abckpu).

Definitions for backup

noun

1. a person or thing that supports or reinforces another.
2. a musician or singer or group of musicians or singers accompanying a soloist:
3. an overflow or accumulation due to stoppage, malfunctioning, etc.:
4. a person, plan, device, etc., kept in reserve to serve as a substitute, if needed.
5. Computers. a copy or duplicate version, especially of a file, program, or entire computer system, retained for use in the event that the original is in some way rendered unusable. a procedure to follow in such an event.
6. Bowling. a ball that curves in a direction corresponding to the bowling hand of the bowler.

adjective

1. (of a person, plan, device, etc.) held in reserve as a substitute if needed:
2. performing a secondary or supporting function:

Origin of backup

1775-85, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase back up

Examples for backup

backup dancers materialize, sparking a torrent of eye-catching choreography.

I have a backup in my public directory—anyone can examine it.

They recovered me from backup and into a force-grown clone at Toronto General.

She retreated into the lobby, but only to call for backup and an ambulance.

You were restored from a backup about eight weeks ago, I see.

In early October, Health Republic allowed me to submit a “grievance claim” which I filed, along with a pile of backup documents.

Now she was off to restore herself from a backup made before she met me.

She could swap out a dead bot for a backup in five minutes flat, which is all that crowd-control would permit.

Sometimes, they had a backup aim if their main goal fell through as the night dragged on.

At 12:02 p.m., Wilson called in his location and asked the dispatcher for backup.