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| * {{a|US}} {{enPR|băk'wərd}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈbækwɚd/}} | | * {{a|US}} {{enPR|băk'wərd}}, {{IPA|en|/ˈbækwɚd/}} |
| * {{audio|en|en-au-backward.ogg|Audio (AU)}} | | * {{audio|en|en-au-backward.ogg|Audio (AU)}} |
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| ===Adjective===
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| # {{lb|en|of motion}} In the direction towards the back.
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| #: {{ux|en|They left without a '''backward''' glance.}}
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| # {{lb|en|of motion}} In the direction [[reverse]] of [[normal]].
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| #: {{ux|en|The occasional '''backward''' movement of planets is evidence they revolve around the sun.}}
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| #: {{syn|en|retrograde}}
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| # [[reluctant|Reluctant]] or [[unable]] to [[advance]].
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| #* {{quote-book|en|year=1919|authorlink=William Somerset Maugham|first=W[illiam] Somerset|last=Maugham|title=[[w:The Moon and Sixpence|The Moon and Sixpence]]|chapter=[[s:The Moon and Sixpence/Chapter LI|chapter 51]]|passage=Then her eyes, always alert for the affairs of her kitchen, fell on some action of the Chinese cook which aroused her violent disapproval. She turned on him with a torrent of abuse. The Chink was not '''backward''' to defend himself, and a very lively quarrel ensued.}}
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| #* {{quote-journal|en|year=2003|month=August|journal=Mortgage Magazine|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820133937/http://mortgagemagazine.com.au/detail_article.cfm?articleID=364|title=Media Prospecting|passage=Don't be '''backward''' in suggesting story ideas to local media but always think of the wants, needs and desires of their readers when selling-in story ideas.}}
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| # Of a [[culture]]: [[undeveloped]] or [[unsophisticated]].
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| #* {{quote-journal|en|year=2006|first=Tom|last=Donnelly|journal=Armed Forces Journal|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108100108/http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2006/06/1851044|title=Back to Mogadishu?|passage=Most cruelly, the immediate security interests of the United States and the states surrounding Somalia are now to keep it a failed state, to prevent Islamists from consolidating even a weak state centered on Mogadishu. The leader of the victorious faction, one Aden Hashi 'Ayro, is said to be a veteran of Afghanistan; he knows well what a small sanctuary in a '''backward''' corner of the globe can mean for al Qaeda.}}
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| #: {{syn|en|developing|Third World}}
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| #: {{ant|en|developed|First World|forward}}
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| # [[outdated|Outdated]].
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| #: {{syn|en|antediluvian|antiquated|backwards|parachronistic|retrograde|Thesaurus:obsolete}}
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| #: {{ant|en|progressive}}
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| # {{lb|en|cricket}} On that part of the [[field]] [[behind]] the [[batsman]]'s [[popping crease]].
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| # {{lb|en|cricket}} [[further|Further]] behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
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| # {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[unwilling|Unwilling]]; [[averse]]; [[reluctant]].
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| #* {{quote-book|en|year=1713|authorlink=Alexander Pope|first=Alexander|last=Pope|title=Windsor Forest|line=50|passage=For wiser brutes were '''backward''' to be slaves.}}
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| # Slow to [[apprehend]]; having difficulties in learning.
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| #: {{ux|en|a '''backward''' child}}
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| # [[late|Late]] or [[behindhand]].
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| #: {{ux|en|a '''backward''' season}}
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| #* {{quote-book|en|year=1848|authorlink=Elizabeth Gaskell|first=Elizabeth|last=Gaskell|title=Mary Barton| passage="{{...}} I've a job of work to finish tonight; mourning, as must be in time for the funeral to-morrow; and grandfather has been out moss- hunting, and will not be home till late."<br>"Oh, how charming it will be! I'll help you if you're '''backward'''. Have you much to do?"}}
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| #: {{syn|en|overdue|tardy|Thesaurus:overdue}}
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| # {{lb|en|obsolete}} Already past or gone; [[bygone]].
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| #* {{quote-book|en|year=1812–1818|authorlink=Lord Byron|first=George Gordon|last=Lord Byron|title={{w|Childe Harold's Pilgrimage}}|others=canto 2, verse 24|passage=The soul forgets her schemes of Hope and Pride, / and flies unconscious o'er each '''backward''' year.}}
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| #: {{syn|en|forepast|historical|Thesaurus:past}}
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| ====Synonyms====
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| * {{l|en|backwards}}
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| * {{l|en|forward}}, {{l|en|forwards}}
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