BACKWARD
\bˈakwəd], \bˈakwəd], \b_ˈa_k_w_ə_d]\
Definitions of BACKWARD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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retarded in intellectual development
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directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"
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(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"
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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"
By Princeton University
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retarded in intellectual development
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directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"
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(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Alt. of Backwards
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Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
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Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
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Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
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Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
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Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
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Already past or gone; bygone.
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The state behind or past.
By Oddity Software
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Alt. of Backwards
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Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
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Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.
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Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.
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Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.
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Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.
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Already past or gone; bygone.
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The state behind or past.
By Noah Webster.
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Directed to the rear; moving or done in a way opposite to the normal way; reversed; reluctant; hesitating; retiring; bashful; behind in learning or progress; dull; as, a backward pupil; behindhand; late.
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Toward the rear; with the back coming first; as, to tumble over backward.
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Backwards, backwardly.
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Backwardness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Backwardness.
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BACKWARDLY.
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Turned to the back or rear; reversed.
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Retiring; bashful.
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Slow; dull.
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Late; behindhand.
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Backwards.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Unwilling; hesitating; dilatory; dull of apprehension; behind in progress; behind in time.
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With the back foremost; to wards the back; on the back; towards past times; by way of reflection; from a better to a worse state; in time past; reversely; from the end to the beginning; in a contrary manner.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
