[
UK
/ɹˈiəwəd/
]
NOUN
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direction toward the rear
his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions
ADJECTIVE
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directed or moving toward the rear
a rearward glance
a rearward movement -
located in or toward the back or rear
the rear door of the plane
on the rearward side
the chair's rear legs
ADVERB
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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
How To Use rearward In A Sentence
- Using electric motors, the middle seat slides rearward into a central location.
- she looked rearward out the window of the car
- There, the forward mental health treatment team would hold casualties 48 to 72 hours before either returning them to their units or, if they were unimproved, evacuating them further rearward.
- As the gas burns, it moves rapidly rearward, propelling the aircraft forward.
- I'd heard this arrive earlier in the evening, and had thought it was my rearwards neighbor's old Suburban -- I figured she'd had her regular parking spot swiped, and was grabbing the spot outside of my north window. Ever get the overwhelming urge to punch someone in the head?
- Communications are also critical for command and control of evacuation assets rearward.
- And by that time, retreat was made impossible by the rearward. HERE BE DRAGONS
- on the rearward side
- a rearward movement
- Keeping the muzzle down can provide - when used in conjunction with a rearward step - the ability to lift the muzzle direction onto a threat should they grab your hands or muzzle.
