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backward - Dictionary definition and meaning for word backward
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(adj) directed or facing toward the back or rear
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(adj) (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
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(adj) retarded in intellectual development
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(adj) having made less than normal progress
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(adv) at or to or toward the back or rear
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(adv) in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
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(adv) in or to or toward a past time
(adj) directed or facing toward the back or rear
Example Sentence
- a backward view
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(adj) (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
Example Sentence
- a backward lover
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(adj) retarded in intellectual development
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(adj) having made less than normal progress
Example Sentence
- an economically backward country
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(adv) at or to or toward the back or rear
Example Sentence
- he moved back
- tripped when he stepped backward
- she looked rearward out the window of the car
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(adv) in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
Synonyms :
backwards
Example Sentence
- it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'
- the child put her jersey on backward
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(adv) in or to or toward a past time
Synonyms :
back
Example Sentence
- set the clocks back an hour
- never look back
- lovers of the past looking fondly backward