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Word entry · 8 letters

backward

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"Toward the rear"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈbæk.wə(ɹ)d/Part of speech adverb, adjectiveSorted aabcdkrwStarts with BEnds with D1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. in or to or toward a past time

Word origin

From Middle English bakwarde, abakward, equivalent to back (adverb) + -ward. Cognate with Old Frisian bekward (“backward”).

Used in a sentence

  • The silt collects in the backward part of the tank.
  • a backward tilt of the head
  • The occasional apparent backward movement of planets is evidence that they revolve around the sun.

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