Login
UWN
Query
Contact
eng: backward
New Query
Information
has URI
http://lexvo.org/id/term/eng/backward
Meaning
means
(adjective) directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"
backward
means
(adjective) (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover"
backward
means
(adjective) retarded in intellectual development
slow-witted, backward, feebleminded, half-witted
means
(adjective) having made less than normal progress; "an economically backward country"
backward
means
(adverb) 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"
backward, backwards, back, rearward, rearwards
means
(adverb) in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal; "it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'"; "the child put her jersey on backward"
backwards, backward
means
(adverb) in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
back, backward
Query
Word:
(case sensitive)
Language:
(ISO 639-3 code, e.g. "eng" for English)
Lexvo
© 2008-2025
Gerard de Melo
.
Contact
Legal Information / Imprint