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backward

/ˈbakwəd/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈbakwəd/
backward
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2 syllables
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bac - kward -> backward

Myanmar meaning

(adj) နောက်သို့မျက်နှာမူသော။ နောက်ပြန်။ နောက်သို့ပြန်သွားသော။ ခေတ်နောက်ကျန်သော။ နောက်တွန့်သော။ တွန့်ဆုတ်သော။ မတိုးတက်သော။ (adv) ကျောဘက်သို့။ သမင်လည်ပြန်။ နောက်ပြန်။ ယခင်နေရာ၊ ယခင်အဆင့် သို့။ နောက်သို့။

Full entry

backward /'bækwǝd/ adj

၁။ နောက်သို့မျက်နှာမူသော။ နောက်ပြန်။ a backward glance.
၂။ နောက်သို့ပြန်သွားသော။ She felt that going back to live in her home town would be a backward step.
၃။ ခေတ်နောက်ကျန်သော။ မတိုးတက်သော။ a very backward part of the country, with no paved roads and no electricity ❍ John was very backward as a child; he was nearly three before he could walk.
၄။ ~ (in sth) နောက်တွန့်သော။ တွန့်ဆုတ်သော။ Sheila is very clever but rather backward in expressing her ideas. Compare FORWARD adj backwardness n [U]
❏ backwards (also backward ) adv
၁။ ကျောဘက်သို့။ သမင်လည်ပြန်။ He looked backwards over his shoulder.
၂။ နောက်ပြန်။ It's not easy to run backwards. ❍ The word ‘star’ is ‘rats’ backwards.
၃။ ယခင်နေရာ၊ ယခင်အဆင့် သို့။ နောက်သို့။ take a journey backwards through time (ie imagine one is going back to an earlier period in history) ❍ Instead of making progress, my work actually seems to be going backwards.
၄။ (US ) = BACK TO FRONT ❍ FORWARD
❏ backward(s) and forward(s) [IDM ] ရှေ့တိုး နောက် ဆုတ်။ သွားချည်ပြန်ချည်။ ခေါက်တုံ့ခေါက်ပြန်။ travelling backwards and forwards between the east coast and the west coast.
❏ bend/ lean over backwards (to do sth) [IDM ] (infml ) အသားကုန်ကြိုးပမ်းအားထုတ်သည်။ Although we bent over backwards to be kind to her, she still seemed to resent us.

More examples
  • A backward glance
  • A remote and backward region
Synonyms
toward the back, back, rearward, toward the rear, aback, abaft, about, afraid, arrested, astern, averse, back to front, bashful, behind, checked, delayed, demure, dense, diffident, disinclined, dull, feeble-minded, hesitant, hesitating, humble, imbecile, in reverse, indisposed, inverted, late, loath, modest, moronic, recessive, regressive, reluctant, reserved, retiring, retrograde, shy, sluggish, stupid, subnormal, tardy, the wrong way, the wrong way around, timid, to the rear, turned around, underdeveloped, underprivileged, undeveloped, uneager, unwilling, wavering
Antonyms
aggressive, ahead, confident, developed, developing, fast, forward, intelligent, precocious, progressive, smart, to the front, unshy
Cross references
toward the backbackrearwardtoward the rearabackabaftaboutafraidarrestedasternaverseback to frontbashfulbehindcheckeddelayeddemuredensediffidentdisinclineddullfeeble-mindedhesitanthesitatinghumbleimbecilein reverseindisposed
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