English

Adjective
en-adj

1. orient|Oriented toward the back.

#:The battleship had three backwards guns at the stern, in addition to the primary complement.

1. reversed|Reversed.

#:The backwards lettering on emergency vehicles makes it possible to read in the rear-view mirror.

1. figurative behind|Behind current trends or technology.

#:Modern medicine regards the use of leeches as a backwards practice.

1. clumsy|Clumsy, inept, or inefficient.

#:He was a very backwards scholar, but he was a marvel on the football field.

Synonyms
(reversed): mirror image, switched
(behind current trends or technology): crude, dated, obsolete, primitive
(clumsy, inept, or inefficient): awkward, fumbling, incompetent, poor

Translations
trans-top|oriented toward the back
Finnish: taaksepäin suunnata|suunnattu
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trans-top|reversed
Finnish: peilikuva-
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Kurdish: KUchar|پاش���پاش
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trans-top|behind current trends
Finnish: vanhanaikainen
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Kurdish: KUchar|د�اک���ت�
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trans-top|clumsy or inefficient
Finnish: kelvoton
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Adverb
en-adv

1. Toward the back.

#:The cabinet toppled over backwards.
#:Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.�Søren Kierkegaard

1. In the opposite direction of usual.

#:The clock did not work because the battery was inserted backwards.

1. In a manner such that the back precedes the front.

#:The tour guide walked backwards while droning on to the disinterested seniors.

Synonyms
(toward the back): hindwards, rearward, retrograde
(in the opposite direction of usual): contrariwise, reversedly
(so that the back precedes the front): back to front, in reverse

Translations
trans-top|toward the back
Dutch: achterwaarts
Finnish: taaksepäin
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Kurdish: KUchar|ب��ر���د�ا
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trans-top|in the opposite direction of usual
Finnish: takaperin, väärinpäin
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Kurdish: KUchar|ب��ر���د�ا
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trans-top|with back preceding the front
Finnish: takaperin, perä edellä, selkä edellä
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fr:backwards
io:backwards
ru:backwards
te:backwards
vi:backwards
zh:backwards

• 2007-11-22 20:20 - AugPi - /* Translations */ +nl

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