backwards in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for backwards in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

I.backwards [Brit ˈbakwədz, Am ˈbækwərdz] Brit, backward [ˈbækwəd] Am ADJ

II.backwards [Brit ˈbakwədz, Am ˈbækwərdz] Brit, backward [ˈbækwəd] Am ADV

See also bend

I.bend [Brit bɛnd, Am bɛnd] N

III.bend <pret, pp bent> [Brit bɛnd, Am bɛnd] VB trans

IV.bend <pret, pp bent> [Brit bɛnd, Am bɛnd] VB intr

I.ass-backwards [Brit asˈbakwədz] Am sl ADJ

II.ass-backwards [Brit asˈbakwədz] Am sl ADV

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backwards in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for backwards in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

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backwards Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to go backwards and forwards person
to look backwards
to bend over backwards
to know sth backwards
to bend over backwards for sb
I bent over backwards to get it done
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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I think that would be a terrible step backwards.
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After one full rotation, the boat is positioned to pass through its reverse camelback backwards.
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It had a second driver in the rear so that the vehicle could be driven either forwards or backwards with relative ease.
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The sprocket is then tightened onto the hub by turning the wheel backwards until it is too tight to turn any more.
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Not a mistake; as this is a two-page island of horizontal writing within a book whose text is otherwise vertical, it is paginated backwards.
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They are the only birds that can fly backwards.
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His car had rolled backwards on the steep driveway, pinning him against a brick postbox and security fence.
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Hatch covers can slide forwards, backwards, or to the side, lift up or fold up.
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The cab was in the center with a coal bunker ahead of it and a backwards-mounted conventional boiler behind it (the tender only carried water).
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This also means that the ferries lack "natural" stems and sterns, since the vessels sail in both directions (rather than sail backwards).
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