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English to English adjective
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directed or facing toward the back or rear |  | Example: a backward view
source: wordnet30
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(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature | | Example: a backward lover
source: wordnet30
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Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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retarded in intellectual development | | source: wordnet30
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having made less than normal progress | | Example: an economically backward country
source: wordnet30 adverb
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at or to or toward the back or rear | | Example: he moved back
tripped when he stepped backward
she looked rearward out the window of the car
source: wordnet30
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in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal | | Example: it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'
the child put her jersey on backward
source: wordnet30
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in or to or toward a past time | | Example: set the clocks back an hour
never look back
lovers of the past looking fondly backward
source: wordnet30
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With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward. | | source: webster1913 noun
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The state behind or past. | | source: webster1913 verb
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To keep back; to hinder. | | source: webster1913
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