BACKWARDS
\bˈakwədz], \bˈakwədz], \b_ˈa_k_w_ə_d_z]\
Definitions of BACKWARDS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
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On the back, or with the back downward.
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Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
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By way of reflection; reflexively.
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From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
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In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.
By Oddity Software
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Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.
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On the back, or with the back downward.
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Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.
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By way of reflection; reflexively.
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From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.
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In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.
By Noah Webster.
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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.
