backwards

adjective, adverb

UK /ˈbækwə(r)dz/

Backwards can be used in the following ways:

as an adverb: I stepped backwards.

more rarely as an adjective: a backwards step

1
if you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction that is behind you
He was thrown backwards by the force of the explosion.
I glanced backwards over my shoulder to see if anyone was following me.
Synonyms and related words
Describing movement away and changes of direction
away
backward
outwards
2
in the opposite way or order from usual
Count backwards from ten to one.
Let’s work backwards through all the steps to see where we went wrong.
Synonyms and related words
Describing movement away and changes of direction
away
backward
outwards
1. 2a
  with the back part at the front
  Your skirt is on backwards.
  Synonyms and related words
  Upside down and inverted
  upside down
  back to front
  inside out
3
towards a time in the past
It’s only by looking backwards that we can understand how these rivalries developed.
Synonyms and related words
Existing, happening in or relating to a time in the past
past
ago
previously
1. 3a
  not progressing but changing back to a previous worse state
  With these new weaker pollution controls, the government seems to be moving backwards.
  Synonyms and related words
  Worse
  worse
  inferior
  impoverished

phrases

backwards and forwards

单词	backwards
释义	backwards adjective, adverb UK /ˈbækwə(r)dz/ Other entries for this word backwards-compatible adjective backwards and forwards phrase a step forward(s)/backwards phrase know something backwards/inside out phrase bend over backwards (to do something) phrase backwards-compatibility noun at backwards-compatible adjective DEFINITIONS3 Backwards can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: I stepped backwards. more rarely as an adjective: a backwards step 1 if you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction that is behind you He was thrown backwards by the force of the explosion. I glanced backwards over my shoulder to see if anyone was following me. Synonyms and related words Describing movement away and changes of direction away backward outwards 2 in the opposite way or order from usual Count backwards from ten to one. Let’s work backwards through all the steps to see where we went wrong. Synonyms and related words Describing movement away and changes of direction away backward outwards 2a with the back part at the front Your skirt is on backwards. Synonyms and related words Upside down and inverted upside down back to front inside out 3 towards a time in the past It’s only by looking backwards that we can understand how these rivalries developed. Synonyms and related words Existing, happening in or relating to a time in the past past ago previously 3a not progressing but changing back to a previous worse state With these new weaker pollution controls, the government seems to be moving backwards. Synonyms and related words Worse worse inferior impoverished phrases backwards and forwards backwards adjective, adverb US /ˈbækwərdz/ Other entries for this word ass backwards adverb know something backwards/inside out phrase backwards and forwards phrase at backward and forward DEFINITIONS1 1 backward
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