adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a forward/backward movement
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waves caused by the forward movement of the boat
a step backwards/a backward step (= an action that makes things worse )
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A rationing system would be a major step backwards.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
most
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The gap between the linguistic creativity of even the most intelligent ape and even the most backward of human beings is immense.
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It is made up, for the most part, of the most backward reactionaries.
■ NOUN
country
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Second, there was the isolated position of the Soviet Union in trying to establish socialism in a backward country .
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Very backward countries , where life had not changed for centuries, were suddenly brought into contact with highly developed civilizations.
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In 1970 the Sandhurst-educated Sultan Qaboos bin Said decided that the situation in his backward country was intolerably dangerous.
glance
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Then he, too, turned and without a backward glance went out into the passage, slamming the door.
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U-turning, he drove off in the direction of the distant city, without so much as another backward glance .
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I took my cue to go, and left without a backward glance or wave.
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He allowed himself one backward glance towards the estate, then turned his heels to the task of flight.
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She started toward the door, but cast a backward glance as she went.
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He walks without a backward glance .
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With barely a backward glance , I was on my way to freedom.
look
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He walked away down the corridor, without so much as a backward look , and tears stung her eyes.
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We passed with never a backward look and arrived in Al Ain in well under three hours.
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She left the track without a backward look , intent on hiding in the hotel suite until Ace returned to rescue her.
step
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It was the first, all the time, in the cubicle, the lavatory, that Parker took a backward step .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a backward look
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It's one of the more backward countries.
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The people there are a little bit backward .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But instances like the Primitives get rarer and already one feels ashamed for indulging such backward passions.
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For instance, stomach muscles propel the motion on forward and backward rolls.
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If our political economy remains backward , our intellectual economy has leaped ahead.
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New policies on developing the backward western provinces and improving health, education and social welfare are stressed.
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That backward path is the foundation of Western, linear logic.
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That will have been the aim and meaning of his entire backward quest.
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Was it universally backward or were there variations between different sectors and branches of industry?
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With barely a backward glance, I was on my way to freedom.