English dictionary
backward
adjectivePronunciation
ˈbæk.wə(ɹ)d
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- directed or facing toward the back or rear
adjective
- (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
adjective
- having made less than normal progress
adjective
- retarded in intellectual development
adverb
- in or to or toward a past time
adverb
- at or to or toward the back or rear
adverb
- in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
Example sentences
a backward view
a backward lover
an economically backward country
set the clocks back an hour
never look back
lovers of the past looking fondly backward
he moved back
tripped when he stepped backward
she looked rearward out the window of the car
it's easy to get the ‘i’ and the ‘e’ backward in words like ‘seize’ and ‘siege’
the child put her jersey on backward