American Dictionary
Definition backward in American English
backward
adverb
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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adverb
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
/ˈbækwərd/
1
in the direction that is behind you
Example
Count backward from ten to one.
3
toward a time in the past
Example
It's only by looking backward that we can understand how these rivalries developed.
3.1
not progressing but changing back to a former worse state
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