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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. direction toward the rear;
- Example: "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. located in or toward the back or rear;
- Example: "the chair's rear legs"
- Example: "the rear door of the plane"
- Example: "on the rearward side"
[syn: rear(a), rearward(a)]

2. directed or moving toward the rear;
- Example: "a rearward glance"
- Example: "a rearward movement"
[syn: rearward, reverse]


ADVERB (1)

1. at or to or toward the back or rear;
- Example: "he moved back"
- Example: "tripped when he stepped backward"
- Example: "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
[syn: back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rearward \Rear"ward`\ (r[=e]r"w[add]rd`-w[~e]rd), n. [Rear +
   ward.]
   The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used
   figuratively. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rearward \Rear"ward\ (-w[~e]rd), a. & adv.
   At or toward the rear.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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"