Backward+and+forward
11backwards\ and\ forward — • backward(s) and forward(s) adv. phr. To the full extent; in all details; thoroughly; completely. He understood automobile engines backwards and forwards. He knew basketball rules backwards and forwards. I explained matters to him so that he… …
12backward — backward, backwards 1. For the adverb, both forms are in use, although backward is somewhat more common in AmE and backwards in BrE: • Talk ran backward from the events of the morning A. Munro, CanE 1987 • I walked backward to look at her in the… …
13Forward-backward algorithm — In computer science, the forward backward algorithm, a dynamic programming algorithm for computing the probability of a particular observation sequence, given the parameters of the model, operates in the context of hidden Markov models. Overview… …
14backward — back|ward1 [ bækwərd ] adjective * 1. ) only before noun moving or looking in the direction that is behind you: a backward glance 2. ) not developing quickly, normally, and successfully: a remote and backward region a ) OLD FASHIONED an offensive …
15backward — backwardly, adv. backwardness, n. /bak weuhrd/, adv. Also, backwards. 1. toward the back or rear. 2. with the back foremost. 3. in the reverse of the usual or right way: counting backward from 100. 4. toward the past: to look backward over one s… …
16backward — adv 1. rearward, towards the back, in reverse, vice versa, upside down, topsyturvy, inside out, back in front; crablike, retrocessive ly, retrogressively, regressively, Scot, and North. Eng. backlins; Naut. aback, Naut. abaft, Naut. aft, Naut.… …
17forward — See: BACKWARD AND FORWARD, LOOK FORWARD TO, PUT ONE S BEST FOOT FORWARD …
18forward — See: BACKWARD AND FORWARD, LOOK FORWARD TO, PUT ONE S BEST FOOT FORWARD …
19forward — See: backward and forward, look forward to, put one s best foot forward …
20Forward class — is used in India generally to denote communities and castes from any religion who do not currently qualify for Government of India Reservation benefits (that is, set quotas for political representation) for Other Backward Classes, scheduled… …
