backups
- 1Plural of backup.
Regular backups saved the company when its main server failed overnight.
He stores his backups on an external drive and in the cloud.
Note
A regular -s plural, used mostly with the countable meanings: stored copies of files, reserves kept on hand, accumulations behind a blocked pipe. When backup means support in general, such as reinforcements, extra help or a singer's accompaniment, English usually keeps the singular, as in calling for backup. Before a noun the singular also does the work: a backup plan, a backup generator, never a backups plan.
backups is a form of backup
backup, noun: A copy of a file or record, kept separately from the original, used to restore it if the original is damaged or destroyed. Full entry
- Forms
- backupbackups plural
- Spelling
- backup → backups: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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