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Phonetic Respelling: [ bak-werd ]

Definition: Play

adverb. toward the rear; adjective. directed or facing toward the rear

Sentence: Play Play

She walkedbackwardon the balance beam.

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She walked backward on the balance beam.

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The suffix -ward in backward indicates moving in the direction towards the back.

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When Tiger fell backward in the snow and waved his arms and legs, what did he look like?

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In going up the stairway to the Flatheads how many steps forward and then backward did Ozma and Dorothy go?

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The detent did not allow the wheel to move backward.

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Synonyms: Play

rearward; rearwards; reverse

Antonyms: Play

forward

How many syllables in backward?

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Divide backward into syllables:

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Backward rhymes:


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