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backward

English

🔊 directed or facing toward the back or rear
“a backward view”
🔊 (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
“a backward lover”
🔊 having made less than normal progress
“an economically backward country”
🔊 retarded in intellectual development
🔊 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'”
🔊 in or to or toward a past time
“set the clocks back an hour”
🔊 at or to or toward the back or rear
“he moved back”