noun

• 1Information about reactions to a product, a person's performance of a task, etc. which is used as a basis for improvement.

  ‘throughout this process we have obtained valuable feedback’

  More example sentences

  • ‘customer feedback suggested that the design flaws were severe’
  • ‘We improve our products, based on feedback, until they're the best.’
  • ‘It has many ideas for better consultation, more information and feedback, but its most radical call goes far beyond these.’
  • ‘After the performance, the group held a dialog with visitors to get feedback on their performance.’
  • ‘We had a lot of interesting feedback including this information sent in by lawyer Andrew Lynn.’
  • ‘Individuals want feedback on their performance and it is also crucial to their self-development.’
  • ‘After completing the documents they are given feedback on their performance.’
  • ‘Here any players may access instant feedback on their performances, or advice as to their future.’
  • ‘The unit has agreed to release the information after listening to feedback from patients.’
  • ‘By this time I was relieved, but I was disappointed when I received no feedback about my performance as a consultant.’
  • ‘The feedback shows that information provision and the quality of interactions between staff and patients are key issues.’
  • ‘If you like the informational feedback it provides for you, buy one for yourself.’
  • ‘I submitted a draft and was given some feedback on how to improve it.’
  • ‘They gave me great feedback that helped me improve my research papers in various ways.’
  • ‘The more of you provide us with feedback about how to improve what we do, the better.’
  • ‘All I got back was a letter thanking me for my feedback but failing to address any of the issues I raised.’
  • ‘On the basis of the feedback received, the guidelines were modified, wherever necessary.’
  • ‘We'll provide each entrant with individual feedback on how to improve their business plan.’
  • ‘It's nice because people come back to us with feedback, so we can tailor our products.’
  • ‘Surveys and feedback and internet tutorials are all there on screen, and getting brighter and easier to use every month.’
  • ‘Its evidence is based on feedback from its health and safety group, which monitors accident prevention.’

  Synonyms

  response

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• 2A screeching or humming sound resulting from the return of a fraction of the output signal from an amplifier, microphone, or other device to the input of the same device.

  ‘Punk Rock Girl opens the disc with plenty of guitar feedback’

  More example sentences

  • ‘I do not want to interrupt the debate, but there is a bit of feedback coming through the microphones.’
  • ‘They heard loud feedback from a microphone and turned around to see where it was coming from.’
  • ‘She switched on the microphone from the booth and it whined with feedback.’
  • ‘They also eliminate feedback and provide better tolerance to loud sounds.’
• 3The modification or control of a process or system by its results or effects, e.g., in a biochemical pathway or behavioral response.

  See also negative feedback, positive feedback

  ‘These internal forcings result from feedback within the climate system.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘End-product synthesis can exert short-term metabolic feedback control through Pi recycling.’
  • ‘We thus decided to eliminate feedback pathways from the hyolingual to the jaw system.’
  • ‘The third example of synthesis involves feedback between ecosystems and climate.’
  • ‘These input layer cells receiving feedback are referred to as context unit cells.’