Usually means: Reversed direction or sequence order.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word backwards:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. backwards: Merriam-Webster
  2. backwards: Collins English Dictionary
  3. backwards: Vocabulary.com
  4. Backwards, backwards: Wordnik
  5. backwards: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. backwards: Wiktionary
  7. backwards: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. backwards: Dictionary.com
  9. backwards: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Backwards (Red Dwarf), Backwards (Red Dwarf episode), Backwards (novel), Backwards (song), Backwards: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Backwards: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. backwards: Rhymezone
  13. backwards: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. backwards: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. backwards: FreeDictionary.org
  16. backwards: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. backwards: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. backwards: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backwards: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backwards: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backwards: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. backwards: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Backwards: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. backwards: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See backward as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.
adverb:  Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.

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