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Meaning of rearward

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rearward
      adv 1: at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back";
             "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward
             out the window of the car" [syn: {back}, {backward},
             {backwards}, {rearward}, {rearwards}] [ant: {forrad},
             {forrard}, {forward}, {forwards}, {frontward},
             {frontwards}]
      adj 1: located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear
             legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward
             side" [syn: {rear(a)}, {rearward(a)}]
      2: directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a
         rearward movement" [syn: {rearward}, {reverse}]
      n 1: direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the
           rearward of the tank divisions"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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