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backward
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adverb
(= back, rearward, rearwards)
at or to or toward the back or rear
he moved back
tripped when he stepped backward
she looked rearward out the window of the car
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adverb
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
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adjective
directed or facing toward the back or rear
a backward view
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adjective
(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
a backward lover
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adjective
having made less than normal progress
an economically backward country
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adjective
retarded in intellectual development
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adverb
(= back)
in or to or toward a past time
set the clocks back an hour
never look back
lovers of the past looking fondly backward
stagnation
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noun
a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation
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noun
inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation
point
Noun
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A point is a position with no size, or a small dot.
These two lines meet at this point.
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A point is the sharp end of a knife or other sharp thing.
He used the point of the knife to make a hole in the can.
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The point of something is the reason or purpose for it.
The whole point of coming here was to plant this tree, so let's not go home without doing it.
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A point is a dot between two numbers. To the dot's right, you find a decimal.
The price has gone up by two point five percent.
point
Verb
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To point at something is to hold one finger (or a stick, arrow or other long, thin thing) in the direction of the thing so that people will look at the thing.
He pointed her toward the gate.