noun
definition
The part that comes last or is situated in the rear; conclusion, wind-up.
definition
The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard.
adjective
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Toward the back or rear of something.
example
The rearward seats of the bus were unpleasantly close to the toilet facilities.
adverb
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Toward the back or rear of something.
Examples of rearward in a Sentence
In the cabin Big windscreen, with rearward visibility improved by dynamic flex mirrors.
Further, he could order up Lobau, and direct Ney to move his rearward corps across and form it up behind Blucher's right.
This new drivetrain creates a shorter front overhang and a more rearward center of gravity giving the Bengal better handling on curves.
On that rearward motion, a skilled rifleman opens the bolt, ejecting the empty.
Cavalry units MUST carefully plan and coordinate their subsequent rearward movement and passage of lines.
The squadron must ensure contact is maintained with the enemy during a rearward passage of lines.
I replaced this adjustable bracket with a fixed bracket that firmly anchored the back of the seat in its rearward position.
It was pleasant to see a rearward view of no.
As the British line of operations now extended eastward from Pretoria, the advance of these Boers to the Magaliesberg threatened their rearward communications, and as Buller had moved far more slowly than the main army there was not as yet an alternative line through Natal.
Finally, at about ro A.M., the allies were in possession of the villages on the Goldbach from Sokolnitz southwards, and Davout's line of battle had reformed more than a mile to rearward, still, however, maintaining touch with the French centre on the Goldbach at Kobelnitz.