pastward

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adjective

Into the past; moving backwards in time.

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Meanings

adjectivepastward (comparative more pastward, superlative most pastward)

comparative more pastward · superlative most pastward

  1. Into the past; moving backwards in time.

    The real problem is that a true Wellsian time machine would run into itself. The time machine on its pastward journey just after you flip the switch and the time machine sitting there just before you flip the switch will run into each other […]

    1982, Nicholas D. Smith, Philosophers look at science fiction, page 52
adverbpastward (not comparable)
  1. not comparableInto the past; moving backwards in time.

Origin

From past + -ward.

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APA

pastward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastward

MLA

“pastward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastward. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pastward,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastward.

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