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Definition of backward

Overview of adj backward

The adj backward has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (2) backward

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

2. backward

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

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

(retarded in intellectual development)

4. backward

(having made less than normal progress; "an economically backward country")

Overview of adv backward

The adv backward has 3 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (4) back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards

(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")

2. (2) backward, backwards

(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")

3. back, backward

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