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PRONUNCIATION OF KNOW BACKWARDS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KNOW BACKWARDS

know
know a hawk from a handsaw
know better than to
know by name
know by sight
know one´s onions
know one´s place
know something inside out
know the ropes
know what one is talking about
know what´s what
know-all
know-how
know-it-all
know-nothing
knowable
knowableness
knower
knowing
knowingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE KNOW BACKWARDS

afterwards
ass-backwards
backwards
bend over backwards
boards
downwards
eastwards
Edwards
forwards
homewards
inwards
lean over backwards
northwards
onwards
outwards
rearwards
rewards
rightwards
southwards
towards
upwards

Synonyms and antonyms of know backwards in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «know backwards» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KNOW BACKWARDS

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

Translator English - Chinese

知道倒退
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

saber hacia atrás
570 millions of speakers

English

know backwards
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पीछे की ओर पता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تعرف إلى الوراء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

знаю назад
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

saber para trás
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিছন দিকে জানি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

connaître arrière
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tahu ke belakang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wissen rückwärts
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

後方に知っている
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

거꾸로 알고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngerti mundur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biết ngược
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பின்னோக்கிப் பாருங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाठीमागे जाणून घ्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Geriye doğru bil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

so indietro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wiem tyłu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

знаю назад
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stiu înapoi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γνωρίζουν τα πίσω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weet agteruit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vet bakåt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vet bakover
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of know backwards

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KNOW BACKWARDS»

The term «know backwards» is barely ever used and occupies the 201.295 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KNOW BACKWARDS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about know backwards

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KNOW BACKWARDS»

Discover the use of know backwards in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to know backwards and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
... This part of the weaving machine moves backwards and forwards very rapidly. bend/fall over backwards ( inf) to try very hard ; to make a great effort : He bent over backwards to get us two tickets for the football international. know backwards ...
2
The Poetics of the Everyday: Creative Repetition in Modern ...
... “Old knowledges know the new fact”; then, “Monism of active idea”; “Know backwards: live forwards”; and last, “Tendency; pointing.” These phrases do not summarize Frost's own views, however, but his gleanings from James. In Pragmatism ...
Siobhan Phillips, 2013
3
The Green and Purple Skin of the World
Willow thinks it's a good thing Fred doesn't know Backwards Day means more than just a T-shirt. They played all day in school and during recess they went in for a quick grammar lesson. Willow isn't about to say anything because she knows ...
paulo da costa, 2013
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
know backwards to know thoroughly. bacon n meat from the back and sides of a pig, usu. salted or smoked. [OFr] bacteria n (pi — sing bacterium; tech) a group of microscopic single-celled organisms, often causing diseases. — adj bacterial.
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
5
Sunshine, conducted by W.M. Whittemore [and others].
"All the boys do it, grandma; and it is his name, you know, backwards, and a very good name for him too ! However, I won't use it at home if you don't like it. Well, he looked as solemn as an owl, peered at us through his spectacles ; and as ...
William Meynell Whittemore, 1874
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I was Elvis Presley's Bastard Love-child & Other Stories of ...
It's not good to go into the studio with songs that you know backwards, y'know? — and just get 'em down. I don't want to do that because I just don't want to be stale. I don't want to go on tour and practice a load of songs and then go in the ...
Andrew Darlington, 2001
7
Roget's Thesaurus of Phrases
... out knockout drops chloral hydrate, joy juice, mickey, Mickey Finn knockout punch Sunday punch knock up get pregnant, impregnate, inseminate, procreate, spermatize know by heart know backwards know-how Kriss Kringle and forwards , ...
Barbara Kipfer, 2001
8
Wetbones: Authorized Edition
Or, I don't know, backwards speed skating or something. Check ESPN." "No, I got to see how bad the humiliation is. Whether or not I should go so far as to wear a bag on my head for being a known Dodger fan." Prentice came back into the ...
John Shirley, 2014
9
Square Peg
“It has to be a place you know backwards and forwards so you can place the street signs, buildings, and favorite climbing tree whatever. You need to know the place well. It could be The Halfway House properties, just know it along with where ...
Robert Skinner
10
The Broken Sixpence
We got home from school one day, and there sat at the table, was someone i would know backwards, looked at me and held her arms out to me, but i held back, till i realised who it was, then i ran like dust, it was my lovely aunty tre, but why ...
Maggie Turrell, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KNOW BACKWARDS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term know backwards is used in the context of the following news items.
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SoccerCast - The Revolution's Four Greatest Players Of All Time
If I wanna go through the chronology here and working you know backwards here. So the autumn of those completed the other day was Robin ... «WEEI.com, Jul 15»
2
Ask Amelia: Sleeping, Sharing, and Sanders
Download a book that you know backwards and forwards, then turn on the sleep timer and hit play. You won't mind falling asleep, because you ... «Ricochet.com, Jun 15»
3
Staying Human in the Age of Distraction
They're all steeped in these tunes that they all know backwards and forwards, and the whole history of jazz is in the background as they play ... «Men's Journal, May 15»
4
Health experience: What we see when we meet people with …
... at you when you're being filmed, and people have a tendency to try to remember prepared scripts about things they already know backwards. «Irish Times, Apr 15»
5
Ten things to get you out of the house this week in Plymouth
It's a shoe-in: There are no great surprises to put a new spin on a story you and the kids know backwards but Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella is ... «Plymouth Herald, Mar 15»
6
Mississippi Grind (2015 Sundance Review)
As always with these directors, they're trying to carve out their little space in genres we know backwards and forwards. But that sense of ... «Paste Magazine, Jan 15»
7
Taylor Discusses Iron Man's "Superior" Attitude
I think there's a great appeal in seeing characters you know backwards being pushed in a new direction. With heroes as big as Iron Man, fans ... «Comic Book Resources, Jan 15»
8
Pete Doherty Wanted a 'Warlord's Daughter' to Drum With the …
... playing guitar and learning songs I used to know backwards and inside out,” he explained. “Like old Lindisfarne and Stone Roses songs and ... «Diffuser.fm, Jan 15»
9
Barry Levinson's 'Diner' as Read By the Cast of 'The League;' A …
Ghostbusters, Pulp Fiction, The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, these are all movies I've seen dozens of times and know backwards and ... «/FILM, Nov 14»
10
Interview: Morgan Faust and Max Isaacson
I started with the simple idea that I wanted to do something about a kid, but not as a victim, that one we know backwards and forward. So then it ... «HorrorTalk, Oct 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Know backwards [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/know-backwards>. May 2024 ».
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