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backward definition
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Grep of noun backward backwardness reasoning backward Overview of adj backward The adj backward has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) backward -- (directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view") 2. backward -- ((used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover") 3. backward, feebleminded -- (retarded in intellectual development) Overview of adv backward The adv backward has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (4) back backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards -- (at or to or toward or the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car") 2. (2) backward, backwards -- (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") 3. back 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") Antonyms of adj backward 3 senses of backward Sense 1 backward (vs. forward) forward (vs. backward) => guardant(predicate), gardant(predicate), full-face => headfirst, headlong Sense 2 backward (vs. forward) forward (vs. backward) => brash, cheeky, nervy => bumptious, self-assertive => fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy => overfamiliar => assumptive, assuming, presumptuous Sense 3 backward, feebleminded INDIRECT (VIA retarded) -> precocious Similarity of adj backward 3 senses of backward Sense 1 backward (vs. forward) => backswept, sweptback => cacuminal, retroflex => converse, reversed, transposed => inverse, reverse => negative => rearward, reverse => receding(postnominal) => reflexive, self-referent => retracted => retral, retrograde => retroflex, retroflexed => returning(postnominal), reversive => regardant(predicate) Also See-> regressive#2; retrospective#1 Sense 2 backward (vs. forward) => bashful, blate Also See-> timid#1 Sense 3 backward, feebleminded => retarded (vs. precocious) Attributes of adj backward Familiarity of adj backward backward used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj backward backward Overview of adj backward The adj backward has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) backward -- (directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view") 2. backward -- ((used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover") 3. backward, feebleminded -- (retarded in intellectual development) Overview of adv backward The adv backward has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (4) back backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards -- (at or to or toward or the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car") 2. (2) backward, backwards -- (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") 3. back 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 definition
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