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pastward

pastward adjective: into the past; moving backwards in time.

Adjective

pastward (comparative more pastward, superlative most pastward)

  1. Into the past; moving backwards in time.
    • The real problem is that a true Wellsian time machine would run into itself. The time machine on its pastward journey just after you flip the switch and the time machine sitting there just before you flip the switch will run into each other […]1982, Nicholas D. Smith, Philosophers look at science fiction, page 52

Adverb

pastward (not comparable)

  1. Into the past; moving backwards in time.

Forms of pastward

comparativemore pastward
superlativemost pastward

Origin of pastward

From past + -ward.

Questions about pastward

What does pastward mean?
Pastward means into the past; moving backwards in time.
What part of speech is pastward?
Pastward can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near pastward in the dictionary

  1. pasturest
  2. pastureth
  3. pasturing
  4. pasturing out
  5. pasturings
  6. pastward
  7. pastwards
  8. pasty
  9. pasty tax
  10. pasty taxes
  11. Pastygate

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