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work back

UK
/wɜːk bæk/
US
/wɜrk bæk/

Translations

work backverb
worked back
Past Simple
worked back
Past Participle
working back
Gerund
UK
/wɜːk bæk/
US
/wɜrk bæk/
remonterEn partant du résultat final pour retrouver l’étape ou la donnée de départ.
To find out how much we need to save each month, we need to work back from the total amount we want to have by the end of the year.
Pour savoir combien nous devons économiser chaque mois, nous devons remonter à partir du montant total que nous voulons avoir d’ici la fin de l’année.
Additional translations
recalculer à reboursS’emploie surtout dans un contexte de calcul ou de raisonnement méthodique.
Synonyms
retrace
reverse engineer
backtrack
rework
revisit

Definitions

work backverb
To calculate or deduce something by starting from the end or result and working towards the beginning.
To find out how much we need to save each month, we need to work back from the total amount we want to have by the end of the year.
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