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1. a. : toward the back or rear. She glanced backward over her shoulder. b. : with the back foremost. Take three steps backward. 2. a. : in a reverse or contrary direction or way. Count backward from 10. b. : toward the past. a journey backward in time. c. : toward a worse state. His new job felt like a step backward.
towards the direction that is opposite to the one in which you are facing or opposite to the usual direction: I walked backwards towards the door. He took a step backwards to allow her to pass. He began counting backwards: "Ten, nine, eight..." Compare. forwards mainly UK.
toward the direction that is opposite to the one in which you are facing or opposite to the usual direction: He took a step backward. He began counting backward: "Ten, nine, eight . . ." She was skating around the rink, backward and forward.
Backwards definition: towards the rear. See examples of BACKWARDS used in a sentence.
adj. 1. Directed or facing toward the back or rear. 2. Done or arranged in a manner or order that is opposite to previous occurrence or normal use. 3. Unwilling to act; reluctant; shy. 4. Behind others in progress or development: The technology was backward, but the system worked. adv. or back·wards (-wərdz) 1. To or toward the back or rear. 2.
Definitions of backwards. adverb. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal. synonyms: backward. adverb. at or to or toward the back or rear. synonyms: back, backward, rearward, rearwards. see more.
to make a great effort, especially in order to be helpful or fair. I've bent over backwards to help him. know somebody/something backwards. (especially British English, informal) to know somebody/something extremely well. She must know the play backwards by now. See backwards in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English.
Synonyms for BACKWARD: back, rearward, rearwards, astern, reversely, counterclockwise, withershins, widdershins; Antonyms of BACKWARD: forward, forth, ahead, along, on, forwards, before, onward.
3 days ago · You use backwards to indicate that something changes or develops in a way that is not an improvement, but is a return to old ideas or methods.
moving in a direction that means that no progress is being made synonym retrograde. She felt that going back to live in her home town would be a backward step. having made less progress than normal; developing slowly. a backward part of the country, with no paved roads and no electricity.
