Backward
111backward — back·ward || bækwÉ™d adj. slow, retarded, late; turned to the rear; shy; hesitant, indecisive adv. to the rear, to the back …
112backward — drawback …
113backward — I. a. 1. Unwilling, reluctant, loath, disinclined, indisposed, wavering, hesitating. See averse. 2. Dull, sluggish, slow, stupid, stolid. See dull. 3. Late, tardy, behindhand, after the usual time. II. ad.; …
114backward — back·ward …
115backward and forward — or[backwards and forwards] {adv. phr.} To the full extent; in all details; thoroughly; completely. * /He understood automobile engines backwards and forwards./ * /He knew basketball rules backwards and forwards./ * /I explained matters to him so… …
116backward and forward — or[backwards and forwards] {adv. phr.} To the full extent; in all details; thoroughly; completely. * /He understood automobile engines backwards and forwards./ * /He knew basketball rules backwards and forwards./ * /I explained matters to him so… …
117backward linkage — noun (in the case of a product manufactured in stages by different manufacturers) An effect in which increased production by a downstream manufacturer provides positive pecuniary externalities to an upstream manufacturer …
118backward pass — noun A pass thrown backwards instead of forward, equivalent in the rules to a hand off …
119backward induction — noun The process of reasoning backwards in time, from the end of a problem or situation, to determine a sequence of optimal actions …
120backward compliment — noun A compliment which unintentionally comes across as an insult. Those glasses just look too cute for you! …
