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adjective
- orient, Oriented toward the back.
- The battleship had three guns at the stern, in addition to the primary complement.
- reversed, Reversed.
- The lettering on emergency vehicles makes it possible to read in the rear-view mirror.
- (figurative) behind, Behind current trends or technology.
- Modern medicine regards the use of leeches as a practice.
- clumsy, Clumsy, inept, or inefficient.
- He was a very scholar, but he was a marvel on the football field.
adverb
- Toward the back.
- The cabinet toppled over .
- Life is lived forwards, but understood ."Sí¸ren Kierkegaard
- In the opposite direction of usual.
- The clock did not work because the battery was inserted .
- In a manner such that the back precedes the front.
- The tour guide walked while droning on to the disinterested seniors.
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