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Address feedback

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

phraseCommon term

In software engineering, address feedback means: To deal with the comments people gave you, by making the requested changes or explaining why you chose a different approach.

In Turkish: geri bildirimi ele almak, yorumlara göre düzeltme yapmak, geri bildirimi karşılamak

How it is used

A standard phrase in code review and project work: 'I've addressed all the feedback', 'Can you address the review comments?' Here 'address' means 'deal with', and it also works with comments, concerns and issues.

Example sentences

  1. I've addressed the feedback from yesterday's review. Can you take another look?

  2. Please address the security feedback before we merge this.

Common collocations

  • address review comments
  • address someone's concerns
  • address an issue
  • address all the feedback
  • code reviewThe practice of teammates reading and commenting on each other's code changes before they are merged, to catch problems and share knowledge.
  • pull requestA request to merge your code changes from one branch into another, so that teammates can review and discuss them first.
  • LGTMShort for 'looks good to me': a quick written comment a reviewer leaves to say that a code change is fine and can be merged.
  • nitpickA very small, optional comment in a review about details like naming, spacing or wording, which should not block the change. Often shortened to 'nit'.

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