backward
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1.4
- adverb
- /ˈbæk.wɚd/
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en sentido inverso
- I had it all backward.
- work backward
- look backward
- backward in time
And you work your way backwards all through the process.
- And you work your way backwards all through the process.
- And then it helps you just think backwards to the technology.
- He's going to shoot this backwards into ancient Greece as well.
- And what about that looking backwards, do I want more of?
- If you take a movie and then run it backwards, that's the time reversal.
- Because I said we can track your IP backwards, you scumbag scammer.
- They've never seen things go backwards in this way before.
Examples
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I think I took a step backward in this area, and I talked too much.
Academic text (1996) -
Now count backward from 10.
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Have you stopped to consider that you might have this all backward?
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Okay, I'm going to count backward from five.
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Five dates are displayed, and you can move backward in time.
Academic text (2011) -
So historians build a bridge backwards through the generations.
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You're working your way backwards to where you are today.
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They've never seen things go backwards in this way before.
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So if you can't move forward or backward in time, how is it the image keeps speeding up like that?
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To understand the solution, you often have to think backward to the problem.
Synonyms
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3.2
In the opposite order, direction, or situation
Moving backward to an earlier less developed state
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Etymology
Backward is built from back + -ward, originally meaning 'toward the back' or 'behind', so you can think of it as looking or moving 'back' in time. That's why it also means 'towards the past' or in reverse order.