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Meanings of rearward in English

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às avessas

At or to or toward the back or rear.

      às avessas

      Directed or moving toward the rear.

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            Located in or toward the back or rear.

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                  Examples for "rear"
                  Examples for "rear"
                  1
                  However, the rear entrance to the centre is another story this week.
                  The Irish Times
                  2
                  That said, the rear-endings demonstrate that the technology is far from perfect.
                  Wired
                  3
                  Nydia faced the rear of the house, also on the second level.
                  The devil's touch
                  4
                  Moving closer, he saw animal pens in the rear of the house.
                  Bones of the Dragon
                  5
                  Along the rear boundary there is 18m of right of way access.
                  News.com.au
                  Usage of rearward in English
                  1
                  The officers, at their intervals, rearward, neglected to stand in picturesque attitudes.
                  The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
                  2
                  The lieutenant, carrying his wounded arm rearward, looked upon them with wonder.
                  Men, Women, and Boats
                  3
                  Frontward was the small lake's grey water, rearward an avenue of limes.
                  The Amazing Marriage — Volume 4
                  4
                  As if in answer to his suggestion, I felt my rearward movement arrested.
                  The Great Book of Amber
                  5
                  The rearward end flipped ten feet in the air and thirty feet sidewise.
                  Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
                  6
                  The Abbadies could not withstand their charge, and were driven rearward.
                  A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar / Under the...
                  7
                  Presently she grew tired of this, too, and moved to the rearward window.
                  In Kings' Byways
                  8
                  The rearward portion of their container arose slightly, but only that.
                  Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
                  9
                  Von Boehn, therefore, was hurriedly detached rearward to deal with the Belgian counteroffensive.
                  The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) / The War Begins,...
                  10
                  De Verne soon after took his leave, hastening rearward to begin his rest.
                  Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops / Or, Dick Prescott at G...
                  11
                  Then he pulled up and trained his ears acutely on the rearward sounds.
                  Dark Universe
                  12
                  Unlike so many three-row crossovers, rearward visibility from the driver's seat is quite good.
                  BBC
                  13
                  Once more mademoiselle cast an uneasy look at the riders in the distance rearward.
                  An Enemy to the King / From the Recently Discovered Memoirs of t...
                  14
                  Halkett pointed to the bonfire, receding like a fading star in the rearward distance.
                  The Grafters
                  15
                  Afterwards there gan out follow sixty thousand Britons most bold; that was the rearward.
                  Layamon's Brut
                  16
                  They drifted rearward from the hurtling car like fragments of paper in its wake.
                  The Furnace of Gold
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