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say it: BA-kwurdz
backwards is an adverb meaning "at or to or toward the back or rear". It is pronounced /ˈbækwɚdz/ — BA-kwurdz. It carries 2 recorded senses.
in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
“it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege'”
“the child put her jersey on backward”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for backwards come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.