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Backward Pronunciation

Pronounce Backward as B AH K K W AH R D.

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    Backward phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'backward'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of backward: /bækkwærd/
    • Modern IPA representation of backward: /bæckwærd/

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    List of meaning for backward

    pertaining to the direction towards the back

    backward(adj)

    directed or facing toward the back or rear

    "a backward view"

    backward(adj)

    (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature

    "a backward lover"

    backward, half-witted, slow-witted, feebleminded(adj)

    retarded in intellectual development

    backward(adverb)

    having made less than normal progress

    "an economically backward country"

    back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards(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"

    backward, backwards(adverb)

    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"

    back, backward(adverb)

    in or to or toward a past time

    "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"

    directed, turned, or done toward the back

    a backward turn on ice skates is hard to learn because you can't see where you're going

    not comfortable around people

    curiously, the quiet, backward man opened up when around other introverts

    toward the rear

    looking backward, we could see the town receding in the distance

    toward the opposite direction

    the loud noise prompted him to glance backward to see what was happening

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    backward in sentence

    1. Video of the gale catching a man’s umbrella and blowing him down the street backward as he frantically tried to hang on to it went viral online.

    2. The show-off performed a backward somersault off of the diving board into the pool.

    3. Timmy accidentally dropped the soccer ball, and it rolled backward all the way down the hill.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term backward

    What seest thou elseIn the dark backward and abysm of time?

    – William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 2

    So different are the colours of life, as we look forward to the future, or backward to the past and so different the opinions and sentiments which this contrariety of appearance naturally produces, that the conversation of the old and young ends generally with contempt or pity on either side.

    – Victor Hugo

    What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time?

    – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1 Scene 2

    All of a sudden, Eric Schneiderman just slapped me, open-handed and with great force, across the face, landing the blow directly onto my ear, it was horrendous. It just came out of nowhere. My ear was ringing. I lost my balance and fell backward onto the bed. I sprang up, but at this point there was very little room between the bed and him.

    – Michelle Manning

    She has to think out the movement, decide where to place her foot, where to place her hand, she'll maybe fall backward and engages that core and sits back up.

    – Zak Farmer , 31

    International anti-trafficking standards have evolved, standing still is slipping backward in the face of a growing global challenge.

    – Clifford Hart

    Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.

    – August Strindberg

    Failure is meant to be a crossroad i.e. a point at which you are expected to make a critical decision about what to do next i.e. whether to quit or not, move forward or backward. But, never you quit/move backward no matter what happens.

    – Emeasoba George

    What you did today truly hurt someone, and you should be ashamed. you didn’t see that he doesn’t understand that flailing, kicking, and trying to hurl himself backward makes it incredibly difficult, painful, and exhausting to carry him.

    – Colleen Scarlett-Stice

    We are in danger of stumbling backward into a Cold War that is to no ones advantage, without steady, political-level engagement between the defense establishments, the risk of a true new Cold War rises steadily.

    – James Stavridis

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