[{"word":"backtracking","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To retrace one's steps.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I dropped my sunglasses and had to backtrack to find them."},{"definition":"To repeat or review work already done.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"If we backtrack through this problem, maybe we can figure out where we went wrong."},{"definition":"To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Speedbird One: enter and backtrack Runway 27 Left."},{"definition":"To exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"(countable, uncountable) The act of one who, or that which, backtracks; a retracing of one's steps.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The usage of a runway as a taxiway, especially at private strips and smaller airports.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/backtrack","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/backtracking"]}]