backward
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- adjective
- /ˈbæk.wɚd/
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orientado hacia atrás
- I silently said goodbye to my friend with a single backward glance and began to climb.
- a backward glance
- a backward movement
The thing that's halfway down the leg that looks like a backwards knee is actually the ankle.
- The thing that's halfway down the leg that looks like a backwards knee is actually the ankle.
- And she she literally would like slap a backwards cap on me.
- Quote up the wall, backwards quote.
- Finally I'm in and you get some kind of weird backward triangle, but I'm not in.
- Oh God, right here on the backward thigh.
Examples
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Voice input was available in the form of commands: forward, left, right, backward, stop, and automatic.
Academic text (2000) -
She glanced backward at the playground as they walked away from school.
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And then lay them backward on the back of the screen.
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The book travelling backward holds a smaller book, which it is reading.
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Drives away without a backward glance.
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Not quite growling, Ramoth took one backward step, flicking her tongue over her egg.
Fiction book (1991) -
He turned around and took a backward step to avoid the puddle.
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The old building had a backward design that reflected its origins from a past era.
Synonyms
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Toward the rear of something
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Moving backward or against the usual direction
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In a direction toward the back
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Toward the back of a person or thing
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In the opposite way
Toward the back end of an animal or object
Moving backward along the usual flow, for example in blood or nerves
Turned the other way or placed in the opposite order
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Etymology
Backward comes from the simple parts back and -ward, meaning 'toward the back', so a 'backward' glance is one that is turned toward the rear. This is why the word describes something facing the back.