Definitions for backwards
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards(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"

2. backward, backwards(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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. backwards(Adverb)

   Toward the back.

   Etymology: . See -s#Etymology 3

2. backwards(Adverb)

   In the opposite direction of usual.

   The clock did not work because the battery was inserted backwards.

   Etymology: . See -s#Etymology 3

3. backwards(Adverb)

   In a manner such that the back precedes the front.

   The tour guide walked backwards while droning on to the bored seniors.

   Etymology: . See -s#Etymology 3

4. backwards(Adjective)

   Oriented toward the back.

   The battleship had three backwards guns at the stern, in addition to the primary complement.

   Etymology: . See -s#Etymology 3

5. backwards(Adjective)

   Reversed.

   The backwards lettering on emergency vehicles makes it possible to read in the rear-view mirror.

   Etymology: . See -s#Etymology 3

6. backwards(Adjective)

   Behind current trends or technology.

   Modern medicine regards the use of leeches as a backwards practice.

   Etymology: . See -s#Etymology 3

7. backwards(Adjective)

   Clumsy, inept, or inefficient.

   He was a very backwards scholar, but he was a marvel on the football field.

   Etymology: . See -s#Etymology 3

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Backwards(adverb)

   with the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward

2. Backwards(adverb)

   toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward

3. Backwards(adverb)

   on the back, or with the back downward

4. Backwards(adverb)

   toward, or in, past time or events; ago

5. Backwards(adverb)

   by way of reflection; reflexively

6. Backwards(adverb)

   from a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin

7. Backwards(adverb)

   in a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Backwards

   Backwards is the fourth Red Dwarf novel. It is set on the fictional backwards universe version of Earth. The novel was written by Rob Grant on his own. It follows on directly from the second Grant Naylor novel, Better Than Life, ignoring Last Human. As well as continuing the general conceit from the episode Backwards, it contains minor elements from the episode Dimension Jump, and all of the plot from Gunmen of the Apocalypse. An audiobook of Backwards was also produced, read by the author.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. backwards

   A technical word made use of in the British service to express the retrograde movement of troops from line into column, and vice versa. Also a word of command in the U. S. service, to cause a man, or body of men, to march to the rear without changing front.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'backwards' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2814

2. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'backwards' in Adverbs Frequency: #306

Anagrams for backwards »

1. drawbacks

How to pronounce backwards?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say backwards in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of backwards in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of backwards in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of backwards in a Sentence

1. Ian Storey:

   It appears the tribunal panel is bending over backwards to accommodate China's interests and appear even-handed to both the Philippines and China.

2. Former President Obama:

   The Republicans in Congress right now … they’re no check on the White House. They’re bending over backwards to shield … folks from scrutiny and accountability, so look, I’m not telling you anything you don’t know. You know this. Here’s the good news. On Nov. 6, you have a chance to restore some sanity to our politics.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   They have it backwards. Engagement is not a gift to the Castros, it's a threat to the Castros.

4. Army Capt. Florent Groberg:

   A man came out of a building to our left walking backwards, it was eerie and looked suspicious. I yelled at him and he turned around immediately and then started walking towards us. He looked like a young man with a beard, wearing man-jams and dark clothing. He didn't appear to be himself that day ... most likely drugged.

5. Daniel Russel:

   I tried to make very clear that whatever the rationale ... the government and the party really needs to bend over backwards to demonstrate that the bad old days are in fact over and they will not avail themselves of the tools of oppression that marred Burma for so many decades.

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