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Backward (Adverb)

Meaning 1

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".

Examples

  • She stepped backward to let her friends pass through the doorway first.
  • The car reversed backward into the parking space.
  • He moved backward slowly down the stairs in the dark.
  • The athlete took a few steps backward to prepare for the long jump.
  • When startled the child jumped backward and bumped into the wall.

Synonyms

  • Rearward
  • Back
  • Rearwards
  • Backwards

Antonyms

  • Forward

Meaning 2

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

Examples

  • Looking backward on her life, she realized she had made many mistakes.
  • He always moved forward, never looking backward to past regrets.
  • She gazed backward in time, remembering the good old days.
  • People often look backward and wish they had made different choices.
  • When daylight saving time ends, we set our clocks backward an hour.

Synonyms

  • Back

Antonyms

  • Forward

Meaning 3

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".

Examples

  • She put her shirt on backward by mistake and had to change it before going out.
  • The student kept writing the number 2 backward on the math test.
  • He often puts his shoes on backward and doesn't notice until someone points it out.
  • The word 'stressed' is 'desserts' spelled backward.
  • The child was walking backward down the stairs, which made her mother nervous.

Synonyms

  • Backwards
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