backward

backward
1. adjective
1) rückwärts gerichtet; Rückwärts-

backward movement — Rückwärtsbewegung, die

2) (slow, retarded) zurückgeblieben [Kind]; (underdeveloped) rückständig, unterentwickelt [Land, Region]

backward in something — in etwas (Dat.) zurückgeblieben

2. adverb
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['bækwəd]
adjective
1) (aimed or directed backwards: He left without a backward glance.) zurück
2) (less advanced in mind or body than is normal for one's age: a backward child.) zurückgeblieben
3) (late in developing a modern culture, mechanization etc: That part of Britain is still very backward; the backward peoples of the world.) rückständig
•
- backwardness
- backwards
- backwards and forwards
- bend/fall over backwards
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back·ward
[ˈbækwəd, AM -wɚd]
I. adj
1. (facing rear) rückwärtsgewandt, rückwärtsgerichtet; (reversed) Rück[wärts]-
in a \backward direction rückwärts
a \backward step ein Schritt nach hinten
she left without so much as a \backward glance sie ging, ohne sich auch nur noch einmal umzuschauen
2. (slow in development) children zurückgeblieben
3. (underdeveloped) region, area, state unterentwickelt, rückständig
4.
▶ to not be \backward in coming forward nicht zimperlich sein
II. adv inv see backwards
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['bkwəd]
1. adj
1)

backward and forward movement — Vor-und Zurückbewegung f

backward flow of information — Rückfluss m von Daten

a backward glance — ein Blick zurück

a backward step (fig) — ein Schritt m zurück

2) (fig) economy, region rückständig; (pej = retarded) child zurückgeblieben

to be socially/economically backward — gesellschaftlich/wirtschaftlich rückständig sein

2. adv
See:
= backwards
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backward [ˈbækwə(r)d]
A adj (adv backwardly)
1. rückwärts gerichtet, Rück(wärts)…:
backward dive (Wasserspringen) Rückwärtssprung m;
backward flow Rückfluss m;
a backward glance ein Blick zurück oder nach hinten
2. hinten gelegen, Hinter…
3. a) langsam, träge:
be backward in one’s duty seine Pflicht vernachlässigen
b) (geistig) schwerfällig
4. (in der Entwicklung etc) neg! zurück(geblieben), entwicklungsverzögert (Kind etc), unterentwickelt (auch Land etc), spät reifend (Früchte), spät eintretend (Jahreszeit)
5. rückständig (Land, Person etc):
be backward in one’s work mit seiner Arbeit im Rückstand sein
6. zögernd, widerwillig
7. umg auch backward in coming forward zurückhaltend, schüchtern, scheu:
a backward lover ein schüchterner Liebhaber
B adv US
1. rückwärts, zurück…, nach hinten:
backward and forward
a) hin und her,
b) vor und zurück;
count backward rückwärts zählen, zurückzählen (beide:
from … to von … bis);
say the alphabet backward das Alphabet rückwärts aufsagen; → know A 3
2. rücklings, verkehrt
3. zurück…, in die Vergangenheit:
look backward fig zurückblicken
4. zurück…, zum Schlechten:
go backward fig sich verschlechtern
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1. adjective
1) rückwärts gerichtet; Rückwärts-

backward movement — Rückwärtsbewegung, die

2) (slow, retarded) zurückgeblieben [Kind]; (underdeveloped) rückständig, unterentwickelt [Land, Region]

backward in something — in etwas (Dat.) zurückgeblieben

2. adverb
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adj.
nach hinten adj.
rückwärts adj.
zurückgeblieben (alt.Rechtschreibung) adj.

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