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I often have said to people that there are really two cities in the country where the outlook is always forward-looking - there is never really a backward-looking tendency. My banking work has taken me out to Palo Alto, what is commonly called Silicon Valley. And you sense out there is always a forward-looking outlook. And New York City.
Harold Ford, Jr.

Meaning of "backward-looking" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BACKWARD-LOOKING

backward-looking  [ˈbækwədˌlʊkɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACKWARD-LOOKING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Backward-Looking is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BACKWARD-LOOKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of backward-looking in the English dictionary

The definition of backward-looking in the dictionary is concerned with the past rather the present and future.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BACKWARD-LOOKING


booking
ˈbʊkɪŋ
choking
ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ
cooking
ˈkʊkɪŋ
distinguished-looking
dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃtˌlʊkɪŋ
forward-looking
ˌfɔːwədˈlʊkɪŋ
inward-looking
ˈɪnwədˌlʊkɪŋ
joking
ˈdʒəʊkɪŋ
odd-looking
ˈɒdlʊkɪŋ
old-looking
ˈəʊldˌlʊkɪŋ
onlooking
ˈɒnlʊkɪŋ
outward-looking
ˈaʊtwəd lʊkɪŋ
provoking
prəˈvəʊkɪŋ
queer-looking
ˈkwɪəˌlʊkɪŋ
shabby-looking
ˈʃæbɪˌlʊkɪŋ
shifty-looking
ˈʃɪftɪˌlʊkɪŋ
smoking
ˈsməʊkɪŋ
soaking
ˈsəʊkɪŋ
thought-provoking
ˈθɔːtprəvəʊkɪŋ
Woking
ˈwəʊkɪŋ
young-looking
ˈjʌŋˌlʊkɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACKWARD-LOOKING

backtrack
backtracking
backup
backveld
backvelder
backward
backward roll
backward somersault
backwardation
backwardly
backwardness
backwards
backwash
backwater
backwoods
backwoodsman
backwoodsmen
backwoodsy
backword
backwrap

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACKWARD-LOOKING

anti-smoking
antismoking
banking
beard-stroking
block booking
breaking
capacity booking
e-booking
good-looking
half-joking
home cooking
mallemaroking
nice-looking
noncoking
nonsmoking
overbooking
passive smoking
pawnbroking
stockbroking
yoking

Synonyms and antonyms of backward-looking in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «backward-looking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACKWARD-LOOKING

Find out the translation of backward-looking to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of backward-looking from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «backward-looking» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

向后看
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

retrospectiva
570 millions of speakers

English

backward-looking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पिछड़े दिखने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الى الوراء ، يبحث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ретроспективные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

retrógrada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনগ্রসর সুদর্শন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rétrograde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mundur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rückwärtsgewandte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

後ろ向きの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뒤로 보이는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mundur-looking
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhìn về quá khứ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பின்தங்கிய-தேடும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मागास दिसणारे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geriye dönük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rivolto al passato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

patrząc wstecz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ретроспективні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înapoi , în căutarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οπισθοδρομικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agtertoe - soek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bakåtblickande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bakoverskuende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of backward-looking

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BACKWARD-LOOKING»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BACKWARD-LOOKING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about backward-looking

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QUOTES WITH «BACKWARD-LOOKING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word backward-looking.
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Harold Ford, Jr.
I often have said to people that there are really two cities in the country where the outlook is always forward-looking - there is never really a backward-looking tendency. My banking work has taken me out to Palo Alto, what is commonly called Silicon Valley. And you sense out there is always a forward-looking outlook. And New York City.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACKWARD-LOOKING»

Discover the use of backward-looking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to backward-looking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Peace versus Justice: Negotiating Forward- and ...
This book examines the costs and benefits of ending the fighting in a range of conflicts, and probes the reasons why negotiators provide, or fail to provide, resolutions that go beyond just 'stopping the shooting.
William I. Zartman, Victor Kremenyuk, 2005
2
The Christena Disaster Forty-Two Years Later-Looking ...
Told from the perspective of Whitman T. Browne, PhD, a native if Nevis, who lived on the island at the time of the tragedy.
Whitman T. Browne, 2013
3
Inflation Persistence, Backward-Looking Firms, and Monetary ...
Illus. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.
Brad E. Strum, 2011
4
The Effects of Forward-Versus Backward-Looking Wage ...
A standard open-economy model is used to show that price stabilization programs are more likely to succeed if labor contracts specify forward-looking wage indexation.
Joe Crowley, 1997
5
G.K. Chesterton: Thinking Backward, Looking Forward
Offering a detailed study of early 20th-century essayist, poet, novelist, political campaigner, and theologian G.K. Chesterton, author Stephen R.L. Clark explores Chesterton's ideas and arguments in their historical context, while also ...
Stephen R. L. Clark, 2006
6
Stabilization Dynamics and Backward-Looking Contracts
Exchange rate-based stabilizations often result in an initial output expansion.
Carlos A. Végh Gramont, Guillermo A. Calvo, 1993
7
Psychological Components of Sustainable Peace
Table 7.1 Equality, forward-looking outcomes, and the durability of peace agreements Case Equality Forward/Backward looking Durability Angola 1 Moderate Forward-looking Limited Angola 2 Low Backward-looking Limiteda Bosnia High ...
Peter T. Coleman, Morton Deutsch, 2012
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Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Torts
The other Aristotelian insight to retain is that the relevant principle is not just any principle of distribution; it is a distinctly corrective or backward-looking one. It presupposes and responds to some past wrongful interaction. At the same time, ...
John Oberdiek, 2014
9
Global Poverty and Individual Responsibility
"Backward-Looking". Approaches. The causal model of responsibility links an agent's intentions, her actions, and consequences. In doing so, it provides a historical account of responsibility because it determines what action an agent should ...
Abigail Gosselin, 2009
10
The Responsible Scientist: A Philosophical Inquiry
These are important issues that will later be addressed in more detail. For the moment, the relationship between forward- and backward-looking responsibility must be further clarified. When we hold P responsible for X in the backward- looking ...
John Forge

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACKWARD-LOOKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term backward-looking is used in the context of the following news items.
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'True Detective,' Season 2, Episode 3: 'Maybe Tomorrow'
Last season, the unreliability of our two main narrators was established through a series of backward-looking interviews. Memory and ... «Grantland, Jul 15»
2
Greece Isn't the Only Headwind Facing US Stocks
In contrast to backward-looking statistics such as GDP (gross domestic product), it's a forward-looking metric that's supposed to give some ... «Market Realist, Jul 15»
3
Bipartisan barney bubbles up
... was filled with “crackpot” ideas submitted by “backward-looking and protectionist Nationals”, in contrast to economic rationalist Liberals. «Queensland Country Life, Jul 15»
4
Australias economic growth is reasonably solid
The Q1 GDP report, though a backward-looking, indicated growth well above the long-run average at 3.8% qoq annualised, driven again by net ... «EconoTimes, Jul 15»
5
How 'vision' has messed up Europe
Instead of taking giant irreversible leaps, be backward-looking and evidence-based. Given that Europe in 1989 was coming off the best 40 ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
6
Essay: Why We Should Keep Reading 'Gone With The Wind'
If Margaret Mitchell's characters are bitter, backward-looking, self-contradictory, hypocritical, and yes, racist, they're not alone, and the particular ... «Valley News, Jul 15»
7
People Are Not Leaving the Workforce
This is all backward-looking as far as stocks are concerned—whatever happens in job markets stems from economic growth (or contraction) ... «MarketMinder, Jul 15»
8
The 2015 Venice Biennale
... Christov-Bakargiev's 13th Documenta in 2012, Gioni's 2013 Biennale, and Bice Curiger's in 2011), have been resolutely backward-looking. «The Nation., Jul 15»
9
Mark Mobius: Why Emerging Markets Growth Matters
Remember—the market tends to be forward-thinking, so that's where you see a mismatch with economic statistics, which are backward-looking. «ValueWalk, Jul 15»
10
Let's applaud sacking the anachronism
The MEC for education in Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi, has been almost a lone voice in fighting the diabolic intentions of some backward-looking ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jul 15»

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