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Backward

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Adjective

1. backward

directed or facing toward the back or rear

Example Sentences:
'a backward view'

2. backward

(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature

Example Sentences:
'a backward lover'

3. backward, feebleminded, half-witted, slow-witted

retarded in intellectual development

4. backward

having made less than normal progress

Example Sentences:
'an economically backward country'

Adverb

5. back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards

at or to or toward the back or rear

Example Sentences:
'he moved back'
'tripped when he stepped backward'
'she looked rearward out the window of the car'

6. backward, backwards

in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

Example Sentences:
'it's easy to get the i' and the e' backward in words like seize' and siege''
'the child put her jersey on backward'

7. back, backward

in or to or toward a past time

Example Sentences:
'set the clocks back an hour'
'never look back'
'lovers of the past looking fondly backward'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Backward

see synonyms of backward
adjective
1. (usually prenominal)
directed towards the rear
a backward glance
2. 
retarded in physical or material development
backward countries
3. old-fashioned
having difficulty in learning
a backward child
4. 
a. 
of or relating to the past; conservative or reactionary
b. 
(in combination)
backward-looking
5. 
reluctant or bashful
a backward lover
6. chess
(of a pawn) behind neighbouring pawns and unable to be supported by them
adverb
7.  a variant of backwards

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Backward

see synonyms of backward
adjective
7. 
turned or directed toward the rear or in the opposite way
8. 
hesitant, bashful, or shy, as in meeting people
9. 
late in developing or growing; retarded; slow
adverb
1. 
toward the back or rear; behind
2. 
with the back or rear foremost
3. 
in reverse
to spell a word backward
4. 
in a way contrary to the normal or usual way
5. 
toward earlier times; into the past
6. 
from a better to a worse state

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Backward

see synonyms of backward
adj.
1. Directed or facing toward the back or rear.
2. Done or arranged in a manner or order that is opposite to previous occurrence or normal use.
3. Unwilling to act; reluctant; shy.
4. Behind others in progress or development: The technology was backward, but the system worked.
adv. or back·wards (-wərdz)
1. To or toward the back or rear.
2. With the back leading.
3. In a reverse manner or order.
4. To, toward, or into the past.
5. Toward a worse or less advanced condition.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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