Fallback definition
Something in reserve that one can turn to for help.
noun
A withdrawing; retreat.
noun
The definition of a fallback is a retreat of a military action, or a backup plan.
If a government calls its army to retreat from attacking an enemy fort, this is an example of a fallback.
If you want to go to Harvard but you also apply to Georgetown in case you do not get into Harvard, Georgetown is an example of a fallback.
noun
Something that falls back.
The fallback of debris from the explosion.
noun
Something to which one can resort or retreat.
Applied to another college as a fallback.
noun
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A retreat.
The colonel ordered a fallback to the woods.
noun
An act of falling back.
noun
A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.
As a fallback, I suppose we can use typewriters if the word processing system fails.
noun
That can be resorted to as a fallback.
A fallback plan.
adjective
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
fallback
Plural:
fallbacksOrigin of fallback
- From the verb fall back.
From Wiktionary