backwards - Definition and Meaning

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(adverb)

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(of a movement) in the direction of one's back

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Penny glanced backwards

he took a step backwards

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(adverb)

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(of an object's motion) back towards the starting point

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the tape rolled backwards

(adverb)

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in reverse of the usual direction or order

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count backwards from twenty to ten

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