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Meaning of 'backward'
Meaning of 'backward' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Backward 
[ a.]
- Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances. [ a.]- Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
- Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
- Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
- Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
- Already past or gone; bygone.
2. Backward [ adv.]
- Alt. of Backwards [ adv.]3. Backward [ n.]
- The state behind or past. [ n.]4. Backward [ v. i.]
- To keep back; to hinder. [ v. i.]Meaning of 'backward' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. backward [ a]
[ a]Meaning (1):
- (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
- (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
Example in sentence:
- a backward lover
Meaning (2):
- directed or facing toward the back or rear
- directed or facing toward the back or rear
Example in sentence:
- a backward view
2. backward [ r]
[ r]Meaning (3):
- at or to or toward the back or rear
- at or to or toward the back or rear
Example in sentence:
- he moved back;
- she looked rearward out the window of the car;
- tripped when he stepped backward
Meaning (4):
- in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
- in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
Example in sentence:
- it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege';
- the child put her jersey on backward
Meaning (5):
- in or to or toward a past time
- in or to or toward a past time
Example in sentence:
- lovers of the past looking fondly backward;
- never look back;
- set the clocks back an hour
3. backward [ s]
[ s]Meaning (6):
- having made less than normal progress
- having made less than normal progress
Example in sentence:
- an economically backward country
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