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'backward' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'backward' with 5 example sentences.


backward adjective

: retarded in intellectual development

: having made less than normal progress

: directed or facing toward the back or rear

: (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature

backward adverb

: at or to or toward the back or rear

: in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

: in or to or toward a past time


  • Use a forward slash in the URL, not a backward slash.
  • All new consoles should be backward compatible.
  • He bent over backward to please his wife.
  • I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
  • Social conditions are going backward rather than forward.
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