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Meanings of backward in English
Portuguese
às avessas Directed or facing toward the back or rear.
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Examples for "forward"
Examples for "forward"
1
More young people were coming forward to ask for help, she said.
2
Cheshire Police said 11 people had come forward since Woodward went public.
3
The UK Government needs to bring forward a strong domestic legislative agenda.
4
However, despite the strides forward, these crimes continue to blight South Africa.
5
I believe my problem is common and look forward to your advice.
Usage of backward in English
1
Of course, we can't travel backward in time: nobody can do that.
2
You can't look backward here; you have to look to the future.
3
Unfortunately, both writers are attempting to move forward while actually facing backward.
4
It's a backward place, and there's no high society to speak of.
5
Forward and backward flight, and speeds up to sixty miles per hour.
6
He answer thus: The right way leads forward; the wrong way backward.
7
Some say the finance industry is the most backward from this perspective.
8
Trumpeters went backward and forward between the capital and the Dutch headquarters.
9
Reverse the exercise, jerking the shoulders backward in similar manner while inhaling.
10
Reading them backward through the back of Basil's display was absolutely impossible.
11
Even such a backward place has had to reform in twenty-five years.
12
I am the stupidest and most backward scholar in the whole school.
13
But nothing stays still: if we're not moving forward, we're falling backward.
14
They surge backward and forward; then they rush headlong down the streets.
15
During the day Mrs. Heathcote was backward and forward in the kitchen.
16
In key fields such as science and technology, we are going backward.
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United States of America
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Canada
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United Kingdom
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