Jane radioed the dispatcher for backup.
Source: tatoeba (718034)
Backup
//ˈbækˌʌp//
Synonyms for "backup" (140 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
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13 entriesSynonyms
6 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
2 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
115 translations across 36 languages.
Azerbaijani
2 entries- ehtiyat adj (standby, reserve or extra)
- ehtiyat nüsxə noun (copy of file or record)
Catalan
1 entries- còpia de seguretat noun (copy of file or record)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 備份 /备份 noun (copy of file or record)
Czech
4 entries- záložní adj (standby, reserve or extra)
- záložní adj (intended as backup)
- záloha noun (reserve)
- záloha noun (copy of file or record)
Danish
1 entries- sikkerhedskopi noun (copy of file or record)
Dutch
4 entries- reserve adj (standby, reserve or extra)
- reserve adj (intended as backup)
- back-up noun (copy of file or record)
- reserve noun (reserve)
Esperanto
4 entries- rezervkopio noun (copy of file or record)
- rezervo noun (copy of file or record)
- savkopio noun (copy of file or record)
- sekurkopio noun (copy of file or record)
Faroese
1 entries- trygdarrit noun (copy of file or record)
Finnish
4 entries- vara adj (standby, reserve or extra)
- vara adj (intended as backup)
- vara noun (reserve)
- varmuuskopio noun (copy of file or record)
French
4 entries- de sauvegarde adj (intended as backup)
- remplaçant adj (standby, reserve or extra)
- remplaçant noun (reserve)
- sauvegarde noun (copy of file or record)
Galician
2 entries- copia de seguranza noun (copy of file or record)
- copia de seguridade noun (copy of file or record)
Georgian
3 entries- ბაკაპი noun (copy of file or record)
- მარქაფი noun (copy of file or record)
- სარეზერვო ასლი noun (copy of file or record)
German
4 entries- Ersatz adj (standby, reserve or extra)
- Hilfs adj (standby, reserve or extra)
- Backup noun (copy of file or record)
- Datensicherung noun (copy of file or record)
Greek
1 entries- αντίγραφο ασφαλείας noun (copy of file or record)
Hebrew
2 entries- גיבוי noun (reserve)
- גיבוי noun (copy of file or record)
Hungarian
2 entries- adatmentés noun (copy of file or record)
- biztonsági mentés noun (copy of file or record)
Icelandic
3 entries- öryggis adj (intended as backup)
- afrit noun (copy of file or record)
- öryggisafrit noun (copy of file or record)
Indonesian
2 entries- cadangan noun (copy of file or record)
- pencadangan noun (copy of file or record)
Italian
4 entries- backup noun (copy of file or record)
- copia di riserva noun (copy of file or record)
- copia di sicurezza noun (copy of file or record)
- riserva noun (reserve)
Japanese
4 entries- バックアップ noun (copy of file or record)
- 予備 noun (reserve)
- 控え noun (reserve)
- 補欠 noun (reserve)
Korean
1 entries- 백업 noun (copy of file or record)
Macedonian
2 entries- резервна копија noun (copy of file or record)
- сигурносна копија noun (copy of file or record)
Malay
3 entries- penyandaran noun (copy of file or record)
- salinan keselamatan noun (copy of file or record)
- salinan sandaran noun (copy of file or record)
Marathi
1 entries- बॅकअप noun (copy of file or record)
Norman
1 entries- baqu'thie noun (copy of file or record)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- cîgir adj (standby, reserve or extra)
- yedek adj (intended as backup)
- paşnusxe noun (copy of file or record)
- yedek noun (reserve)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- reservekopi noun (copy of file or record)
- sikkerhetskopi noun (copy of file or record)
Persian
3 entries- جاگزین noun (reserve)
- جایگزین noun (reserve)
- پشتیبان noun (copy of file or record)
Polish
4 entries- awaryjny noun (reserve)
- backup noun (copy of file or record)
- kopia bezpieczeństwa noun (copy of file or record)
- kopia zapasowa noun (copy of file or record)
Portuguese
4 entries- backup adj (intended as backup)
- reserva adj (standby, reserve or extra)
- backup noun (copy of file or record)
- becape noun (copy of file or record)
Russian
4 entries- запасно́й adj (standby, reserve or extra)
- резе́рвный adj (standby, reserve or extra)
- бэка́п noun (copy of file or record)
- дублёр noun (reserve)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pričuvna kopija noun (copy of file or record)
- rezervna kopija noun (copy of file or record)
- sigurnosna kopija noun (copy of file or record)
- причувна копија noun (copy of file or record)
Slovene
2 entries- rezervna kopija noun (copy of file or record)
- varnostna kopija noun (copy of file or record)
Spanish
4 entries- de reserva adj (standby, reserve or extra)
- copia de reserva noun (copy of file or record)
- copia de respaldo noun (copy of file or record)
- copia de seguridad noun (copy of file or record)
Swedish
2 entries- reservkopia noun (copy of file or record)
- säkerhetskopia noun (copy of file or record)
Ukrainian
2 entries- запасни́й adj (standby, reserve or extra)
- резе́рвний adj (standby, reserve or extra)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
No problem. If X happens, we have Y as a backup.
Source: tatoeba (873829)
Tom and Mary were my backup singers back when I used to perform.
Source: tatoeba (1029781)
Let's call for backup.
Source: tatoeba (1129706)
Showing 4 of 22 available sentences.
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