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İngilizcesi'nde "backward"

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backwardadjective

uk /ˈbæk.wəd/ us /ˈbæk.wɚd/

backward adjective (NOT INTELLIGENT/MODERN)

C2 not advanced:

When he was a child, his teachers thought he was backward (= unable to learn as much as most children).
People still think of it as a backward country/region/area (= one without industry or modern machines).
backwardness
noun [ U ] uk /ˈbæk.wəd.nəs/ us /ˈbæk.wɚd.nəs/

They were accused of backwardness (= very old-fashioned ways) because they had no washing machine.

backwardadverb

uk /ˈbæk.wəd/ us /ˈbæk.wɚd/ mainly US

(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus'den "backward"nin tanımı © Cambridge University Press)

Amerikan İngilizcesi'nde "backward"

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backwardadverb [ not gradable ]

us /ˈbæk·wərd/ also backwards, /ˈbæk·wərdz/

backward adverb [ not gradable ] (TOWARD THE BACK)

toward the direction that is opposite to the one in which you are facing or opposite to the usual direction:

He took a step backward.
He began counting backward: "Ten, nine, eight . . ."
She was skating around the rink, backward and forward.

backwardadjective

us /ˈbæk·wərd/

backward adjective (TOWARD THE BACK)

[ not gradable ] directed toward the back or in the direction that is opposite to the one in which you are facing:

He did a terrific backward somersault.

backward adjective (NOT DEVELOPED)

not developed, or not modern or advanced:

The state needs to reform its backward election laws.

(Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary'den "backward"nin tanımı © Cambridge University Press)