LEARNit Dictionary

backward

adjective

directed or moving towards the back

عقب, با جهت عقب, عقب‌گرد, واپس‌رو, عقب‌رو

moving in a direction that means that no progress is being made

عقب‌گرد, نزولی, معکوس, واپس, واپس‌گرا

She felt that going back to live in her home town would be a backward step.

synonym retrograde

having made less progress than normal; developing slowly

عقب‌افتاده, عقب‌مانده, پیشرفت‌نکرده, توسعه‌نیافته, کم‌پیشرفت

a backward part of the country, with no paved roads and no electricity

(British English, informal)She's not backward in coming forward.

slow to learn; finding it difficult to make progress in learning

کندذهن, دیرآموز

adverb

towards a place or position that is behind

عقب, به عقب, به‌عقب

opposite forward(1)

in the opposite direction to the usual one

به عقب, عقب‌گرد, رو به عقب

In the movie they take a journey backward through time.

‘Evil’ spelled backward is ‘live’.

I felt as though time had stopped and clocks had gone backward.

towards a worse state

نزولی, رو به وخامت, رو به زوال, قهقرایی, پسرفتی

I felt that going to live with my parents would be a step backward.

opposite forward(3)

if you put on a piece of clothing backward, you make a mistake and put the back where the front should be

وارونه, پشت به جلو