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English Dictionary: rearward by the DICT Development Group
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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"
    Synonym(s): back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards
    Antonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): rear(a), rearward(a)
  2. directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"
    Synonym(s): rearward, reverse
n
  1. direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rearward \Rear"ward`\, n. [Rear + ward.]
      The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used
      figuratively. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rearward \Rear"ward\, a. & adv.
      At or toward the rear.
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