Antonym: ahead, forward. Similar words: backwards and forwards, backwash, backwater, awkward, awkwardness, backyard, backboard, back to back. Meaning: ['bækwəd] adj. 1. directed or facing toward the back or rear 2. (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature 3. retarded in intellectual development. adv. 1. at or to or toward the back or rear 2. in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal 3. in or to or toward a past time.
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61 Many US-owned maquilas claim to be in the market for locally produced materials and components, backward linkages.
62 This can involve both forward vertical integration and backward vertical integration.
63 John got him to sit facing backward in the saddle, resting the foot on the horse's rump.
64 Mr Liebenow worries that widespread disappointment, combined with domestic pressures, will prompt some Latin nations to step backward.
65 U-turning, he drove off in the direction of the distant city, without so much as another backward glance.
66 The Tory poster campaign, too, has been criticised for being too backward looking and negative.
67 But then the Triad thug was falling backward, the knife spinning away harmlessly through the air.
68 Second, there was the isolated position of the Soviet Union in trying to establish socialism in a backward country.
69 In 1970 the Sandhurst-educated Sultan Qaboos bin Said decided that the situation in his backward country was intolerably dangerous.
70 Her ankles can not handle the slope, and so she turns around, walking backward, tiny three-inch steps.
71 She left the track without a backward look, intent on hiding in the hotel suite until Ace returned to rescue her.
72 I walked away without a wave or a backward glance.
73 It is pale and lumpy; the tips of the fingers are curled slightly backward.
74 Very backward countries, where life had not changed for centuries, were suddenly brought into contact with highly developed civilizations.
75 The gap between the linguistic creativity of even the most intelligent ape and even the most backward of human beings is immense.
76 Battery-powered lights danced around his gold brocade turban and his feet were pressed into gold-trimmed shoes with backward curling points.
77 A mirror can make things look backward. Use a mirror.
78 Picking up her bags, she dropped an envelope with her rent on the dresser and left without a backward glance.
79 For instance, stomach muscles propel the motion on forward and backward rolls.
80 Now he toppled over backward with the weapon stuck upright in his throat.
81 In desperation, he gave one last, vicious backward kick and launched himself out into the dark.
82 And there's no way to chronicle the advancement of women without looking at the backward pull of violence.
83 I was on the verge of making one last plea when I was propelled backward through the open door.
84 Family photos and a clock that tells time backward add a personal touch to the sterile academic atmosphere.
85 Was it universally backward or were there variations between different sectors and branches of industry?
86 That he nearly fell backward off the railing when he heard her plan was no surprise.
87 She started toward the door, but cast a backward glance as she went.
88 Intolerant societies are often also among the most technologically backward.
89 Backward, and yet forward A principled[sentencedict.com/backward.html], worldwide massage parlour owned by everybody: doesn't that sound better?
90 What struck me was the music in the funeral parade, the cortege, the boots backward in the stirrups.
More similar words: backwards and forwards, backwash, backwater, awkward, awkwardness, backyard, backboard, back to back, backpack, back, aback, back off, go back, back of, back on, back out, back up, backup, ward, payback, hold back, cut back, backlog, call back, set back, back away, back down, backbone, setback, pay back.