Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

know backwards

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables
know back-wards
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have very thorough knowledge of.

British usage; Transitive verb

Etymology

Suggesting such familiarity with something that one could recite or list it even in reverse order.

Usage

Inflected Forms

knows backwards (present, singular) knowing backwards (participle, present) knew backwards (past) known backwards (participle, past) know backward and forward (alternative) know backwards and forwards (alternative) know back to front (alternative)

Synonyms

know inside and out

Questions

What does know backwards mean?
To have very thorough knowledge of.
Where does know backwards come from?
Suggesting such familiarity with something that one could recite or list it even in reverse order.

How to pronounce know backwards

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