English to English
adjective
- directed or facing toward the back or rear
A backward view.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
A backward lover.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- The state behind or past.
source: Webster 1913
adverb
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- in or to or toward a past time
Set the clocks back an hour.
Never look back.
Lovers of the past looking fondly backward.
source: WordNet 3.0
- With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- retarded in intellectual development
source: WordNet 3.0
- having made less than normal progress
An economically backward country.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- To keep back; to hinder.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [bácuærd] Katalo; kaaway; mahirap kausapin
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
adv
- [bácuærd] Urong; sa dakong likod; ng panahong nagdaan
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
