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backwarding

backwarding is the present participle and gerund of backward.

Meaning of backward

Verb

backward (third-person singular simple present backwards, present participle backwarding, simple past and past participle backwarded)

  1. (dated, transitive) To keep back, to delay, to retard.

See all 27 meanings of backward

Phrases with backwarding

Questions about backwarding

What is backwarding the present participle and gerund of?
Backwarding is the present participle and gerund of backward.

Words near backwarding in the dictionary

  1. backwardation
  2. backwardations
  3. backwarded
  4. backwarder
  5. backwarders
  6. backwarding
  7. backwardism
  8. backwardly
  9. backwardmost
  10. backwardness
  11. backwardnesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backwarding (page history and authors); backward (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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