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backwards
/ˈbækwədz/ adverb ( also backward)Translation
DIRECTION › towards the direction behind you
geriye doğru, arkaya doğru
She took a couple of steps backwards. He fell backwards off the stool.1730EARLIER › towards an earlier time or an earlier stage of development
gelişmenin ilk safhalarına ya da başlarına doğru
Let's start with your most recent job and work backwards.1543OPPOSITE ORDER › in the opposite order to what is usual
alışılmış olanın akside, tersine doğru
"Erehwon" is "nowhere" spelled backwards.1730WRONG WAY ( also UK back to front) › with the part that is usually at the front at the back
tersinden, arkasını öne
You've got your skirt on backwards.1522 backwards and forwards UK ( UK/US back and forth) › in one direction then the opposite way and back again many times
sürekli ileri geri, öne arkaya doğru
I have to drive backwards and forwards between here and Ipswich every day.1730bend over backwards › to try extremely hard to help or to please someone
birine yardım etmek veya memnun etmek için sıkı denemelerde bulunmak
[+ to do sth] She bent over backwards to help him.1860(Definition of backwards adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
© Cambridge University Press)
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