backwards

/ ˈbækwədz /

adverb

1. towards the rear

2. with the back foremost

3. in the reverse of usual order or direction

4. to or towards the past

5. into a worse state

   the patient was slipping backwards

6. towards the point of origin

7. informal,  to make a special effort, esp in order to please

8. informal,  to understand completely

Example Sentences

“Our supply chain is designed to go one way. It is not designed to go backwards,” she said.

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Some decapods, like lobsters and shrimp, have a thick cylindrical abdomen with a muscular tail for snapping backwards at high speed and burrowing on the seabed.

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Shine the presidential spotlight on campuses where radical faculty have created a culture rooted in contempt for America and backwards gender identities.

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"The disruption to the auto sector caused by the Jaguar Land Rover cyber-attack probably meant the economy went backwards in September."

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I was asked to count backwards from 2023 in intervals of 17.

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