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{
"term": "backwards",
"partOfSpeech": "adverb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "towards a place or position that is behind",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I lost my balance and fell backwards."
},
{
"text": "He took a step backwards."
},
{
"text": "I stumbled backwards and fell."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "in the opposite direction to the usual one",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘Ambulance’ is written backwards so you can read it in the mirror."
},
{
"text": "In the movie they take a journey backwards through time."
},
{
"text": "‘Evil’ spelled backwards is ‘live’."
},
{
"text": "I felt as though time had stopped and clocks had gone backwards."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "towards a worse state",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I felt that going to live with my parents would be a step backwards."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "if you put on a piece of clothing backwards, you make a mistake and put the back where the front should be",
"labels": "(North American English)British English",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "from one place or position to another and back again many times",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She rocked backwards and forwards on her chair."
},
{
"text": "The film skips backwards and forwards through time."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make a great effort, especially in order to be helpful or fair",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've bent over backwards to help him."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to know somebody/something extremely well",
"labels": "(especially British English, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She must know the play backwards by now."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbækwədz/",
"audio": "ba/backwards/backwards__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbækwərdz/",
"audio": "ba/backwards/backwards__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}