Meaning of "backward" : Online English Dictionary : Word Search by Wordhut.com

Meaning of backward

1. (adj) directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"

2. (adj) (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"

3. (adj.sat.) retarded in intellectual development

4. (adv) in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"

5. (adv) at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"

6. (adv) in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "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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