See Also: backward(dictionary)
backward-looking(dictionary)
backward(dictionary)
backward curvature(medicine)
Backward Compatible(money)
Backward Integration(money)
Backward - Horse Racing(gambling)
Backward Dive - Diving(gambling)
backward heart failure(medicine)

backward (oh)



[only before noun] looking or facing in the direction that is behind you
-opposite forward forward
::She went without a backward glance.
developing slowly and less successfully than most others
::It will take decades to bring this backward country into the modern age.
::a backward child
-- backwardness n [U]