What does look backward mean?
Definitions for look backward
look back·ward
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word look backward.
Princeton's WordNet
look back, look backwardverb
look towards one's back
"don't look back while you walk"
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of look backward in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of look backward in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of look backward in a Sentence
To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward.
Time won’t stop and life won’t stand still. But I have a feeling that if I just look backward once in a while at Dorothy, if I am off beat in any way, I’ll get back on the soundtrack again. . . .
When something tragic happens, we tend to look backward, and ask why it happened, and of course that's important for people involved in the investigation.
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