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Meaning of 'backwards' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Backwards [ adv.]
- With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.
- Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
- On the back, or with the back downward.
- Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
- By way of reflection; reflexively.
- From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
- In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.

Meaning of 'backwards' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . backwards [ r]
Meaning (1):
- 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 (2):
- 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

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