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- Definition
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- backward :directed or facing toward the back or rear
- backward :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
- backward :(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
- backward :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
- 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
- backward :having made less than normal progress
- an economically backward country
- backward :retarded in intellectual development