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1 backward
• jälkijättöinen• jälkeenjäänyt• heikkolahjainen• epäajanmukainen• alkeellinen• alkukantainen• kehittymätön• takaperin• takaperoinen• taantuva• takapajuinen• takapajulla oleva• taaksepäin• takapaju• taka-• käänteinen* * *'bækwəd1) (aimed or directed backwards: He left without a backward glance.) taaksepäin2) (less advanced in mind or body than is normal for one's age: a backward child.) jälkeenjäänyt3) (late in developing a modern culture, mechanization etc: That part of Britain is still very backward; the backward peoples of the world.) takapajuinen•- backwards
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2 forward
finance, business, economy• toimittaa edelleen• hyökkääjäpelaajamilitary• hyökkääjä• innostaa• jouduttaa• helpottaa• huolita• varhaiskypsä• edelleen• edespäin• edistynyt• edemmäs• edistää• ennakko• esiin• eteen• etumainen• etutietä• eteen-• etuteitse• etu• eteenpäin• esille• siirto• antaa antaa tai toimittaa tiedoksi• arastelematon• päästö-finance, business, economy• termiini• kauemmas• kauemmaksimarine• keula• myötä-• nenäkäs• pidemmälle• laitahyökkääjä• lähettää edelleen• lähettää• loitommalle* * *'fo:wəd 1. adjective1) (moving on; advancing: a forward movement.) eteenpäin suuntautuva2) (at or near the front: The forward part of a ship is called the `bows'.) etu-2. adverb1) ((also forwards) moving towards the front: A pendulum swings backward(s) and forward(s).) eteenpäin2) (to a later time: from this time forward.) eteenpäin3. noun((in certain team games, eg football, hockey) a player in a forward position.) hyökkääjä4. verb(to send (letters etc) on to another address: I have asked the post office to forward my mail.) toimittaa edelleen
См. также в других словарях:
backward\ and\ forwards — • backward(s) and forward(s) 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 that he… … Словарь американских идиом
backward(s) and forward(s) — ˌbackward(s) and ˈforward(s) idiom from one place or position to another and back again many times • She rocked backwards and forwards on her chair. Main entry: ↑backwardsidiom … Useful english dictionary
backwards\ and\ forwards — • backward(s) and forward(s) 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 that he… … Словарь американских идиом
backward — backward, backwards 1. For the adverb, both forms are in use, although backward is somewhat more common in AmE and backwards in BrE: • Talk ran backward from the events of the morning A. Munro, CanE 1987 • I walked backward to look at her in the… … Modern English usage
backward\ and\ forward — • backward(s) and forward(s) 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 that he… … Словарь американских идиом
backward — adjective 1 (only before noun) made in a direction towards what is behind you: She went without a backward glance. 2 developing slowly and less successfully than most others: some of the more backward countries | a backward child compare forward… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
backward — 1. adjective 1) a backward look Syn: rearward, to/toward the rear, to/toward the back, behind one, reverse Ant: forward 2) the decision was a backward step Syn: retrograde, retrogressive … Thesaurus of popular words
backward — back|ward1 [ bækwərd ] adjective * 1. ) only before noun moving or looking in the direction that is behind you: a backward glance 2. ) not developing quickly, normally, and successfully: a remote and backward region a ) OLD FASHIONED an offensive … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
forwards — forward, forwards 1. For the adjective, the correct form in standard English is forward: • It has four forward gears and reverse controlled by a speed sensing governor Daily Telegraph, 1971 • Already clouds of steam were rising, obscuring the… … Modern English usage
backward — backwardly, adv. backwardness, n. /bak weuhrd/, adv. Also, backwards. 1. toward the back or rear. 2. with the back foremost. 3. in the reverse of the usual or right way: counting backward from 100. 4. toward the past: to look backward over one s… … Universalium
backward 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… … Dictionary of American idioms
