Betekenis van:
backward

backward
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • achtergebleven; onderontwikkeld; achtergebleven
  • directed or facing toward the back or rear
"a backward view"
backward
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
    • having made less than normal progress
    "an economically backward country"
    backward
    Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
      "a backward lover"
      backward
      Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
        • retarded in intellectual development

        Synoniemen

        backward
        Bijwoord
          • 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"

          Synoniemen

          backward
          Bijwoord
            • in or to or toward a past time
            "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"

            Synoniemen

            backward
            Bijwoord
              • at or to or toward the back or rear
              "tripped when he stepped backward"

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              Voorbeeldzinnen

              1. Go / move backward !
              2. He fell backward.
              3. The dog walked backward.
              4. He is backward in science.
              5. Tom took a step backward.
              6. She is backward in expressing her opinion.
              7. He looked backward over his shoulder.
              8. The actress fell backward over the stage.
              9. Social conditions are going backward rather than forward.
              10. He bent over backward to please his wife.
              11. It is important to maintain backward compatibility with software that was written to run on the former system.
              12. I wonder how someone can still defend a backward and cruel dictatorship such as Lukashenko's who has managed to have every one of his opponents beaten up and imprisoned. It's just beyond me !
              13. For a long time society was strongly hierarchal and unequal, primarily composed of peasants. The most backward, impoverished population, were crushed by the weight of the taxes, wars, and famines.
              14. No backward calculations
              15. Under these schemes, companies must invest in backward areas.