backwards

/'bækwədz/
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Definition
  1. Adverb:
    • In the reverse of the usual or natural direction or order: Moving, facing, or oriented toward the back or rear.
    • Toward the past: In a way that returns to an earlier or less advanced state, condition, or time.
    • In a manner that is opposite to the usual or expected progression: Doing something from the end toward the beginning.
Examples of Usage
  • Adverb:
    • He walked backwards to see if he had dropped anything. (He moved in the direction behind him.)
    • The video was playing backwards, making the scene look strange. (The video was running from the end to the start.)
    • She spelled the word backwards by mistake. (She wrote the letters in reverse order.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to know something backwards (and forwards)": To know something extremely well, in every detail.
    • She knows the procedure backwards; she could do it in her sleep.
  • "to bend over backwards": To make a very great effort, especially to be helpful or fair.
    • The company bent over backwards to accommodate the customer's request.
Variants and Related Words
  • Backward (adjective & adverb): Often used interchangeably with "backwards" as an adverb, especially in American English. As an adjective, it means directed toward the back, reversed, or reluctant.
    • He took a backward glance. (adjective)
    • The country was seen as technologically backward. (adjective, meaning less advanced)
  • Backwardness (noun): The state of being less developed or advanced.
Synonyms
  • Rearward: Toward the back.
  • In reverse: In the opposite direction or order.
  • Retrograde: Moving backward, especially to a worse state.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: "Backwards" itself is not typically a component of phrasal verbs, but it modifies actions.) - Fall backwards: To fall onto one's back. - He lost his balance and fell backwards. - Lean backwards: To incline one's body toward the rear. - Lean backwards in your chair carefully.

Related Idioms
  • Backwards and forwards: Thoroughly, in every detail; also, moving in one direction and then the opposite.
    • I've studied this map backwards and forwards. (I know it thoroughly.)
  • Do something with one's eyes closed/backwards: To be able to do something very easily due to great familiarity.
    • He can assemble that engine backwards.
Adverb
  1. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
    • it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'
    • the child put her jersey on backward
  2. at or to or toward the back or rear
    • he moved back
    • tripped when he stepped backward
    • she looked rearward out the window of the car

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