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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"
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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"
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in or to or toward a past time;
"set the clocks back an hour"
"never look back"
"lovers of the past looking fondly backward"