fallback
pronunciation
How to pronounce fallback in British English:
UK [ˈfɔ:lbæk]
How to pronounce fallback in American English:
US [ˈfɔlˌbæk]
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- Noun:
- to break off a military action with an enemy
Word Origin
- fallback
- also fall-back, as a noun, "a reserve," 1851, from verbal phrase, from fall (v.) + back (adv.), which is attested in the sense of "retreat" from c. 1600. As an adjective, from 1767 as a type of chair; 1930 as "that may be used in an emergency."
Example
- 1. The next character in the replacement fallback buffer .
- 2. That 's a rapid and orderly fallback .
- 3. Mitch mcconnell , the leader of the senate republicans , is peddling a fallback .
- 4. Don 't we need a fallback plan ?
- 5. Below the fallback resources are the resources for any neutral cultures .