Backward Meaning and Definition


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Backward meaning

Word: Backward

How to pronounce: ˈbækwəd

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Directed behind or to the rear.

Example sentences: "She left the room without a backward glance"

2. Having made less than normal progress.

Adverb

Definitions:

1. (of a movement) away from one's front; in the direction of one's back.

Example sentences: "He took a step backward"

2. Toward or into the past.


Synonyms:

outdated

rearward

rearwards

retrograde

reverse

round

antediluvian


Antonyms:

advanced


Derivations:

backwardness

back

backwater

backwardation

backwards


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Backward in Other Languages...

Spanish: Atrasado

German: Rückwärts

French: Arriéré

Italian: Indietro

Turkish: Gerici


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