behind in English dictionary

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    Meanings and definitions of "behind"

    • responsible for
    • At the back part; in the rear.
    • Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.
    • Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
    • Backward in time or order of succession; past.
    • After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.
    • the rear, back-end
    • bottom, downside
    • butt, the buttocks
    • (Australian rules football) A 1 point score.
    • (baseball) (slang) an 1800s baseball term meaning the catcher
    • adverb
      At the back part; in the rear. (Can we clean up (+) this sense?)
    • adverb
      Toward the back part or rear; backward.
    • adverb
      Overdue, in arrears.
    • adverb
      Slow; of a watch or clock.
    • adverb
      existing afterwards
    • adverb
      Backward in time or order of succession; past.
    • adverb
      Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
    • adverb
      (archaic)
      Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
    • noun
      the rear, back-end
    • noun
      butt, the buttocks, bottom
    • noun
      (Australian rules football)
      A one-point score.
    • noun
      (baseball, slang, 1800s)
      The catcher.
    • noun
      In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
    • adposition
      At the back of; positioned with something else in front of.
    • adposition
      To the back of. (Can we clean up (+) this sense?)
    • adposition
      After, time- or motion-wise.
    • adposition
      Responsible for.
    • adposition
      In support of.
    • adposition
      Left a distance by, in progress or improvement; inferior to.
    • at the back of
    • to the back of
    • after, time- or motion-wise
    • in support of
    • at the back part; in the rear
    • toward the back part or rear; backward
    • rear
    • bottom
    • butt, buttocks
    • At the back of
    • In or into an inferior position.
    • Following (someone or something).
    • The fleshy part of the human body that one sits on.
    • adverb
      in debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills"
    • adverb
      in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers"
    • adverb
      in or to or toward the rear; "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind"
    • adverb
      of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"
    • adverb
      remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from; "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind"
    • noun
      the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

    Synonyms of "behind" in English dictionary

    body part, fundament, rear are the top synonyms of "behind" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "behind" in English dictionary

    in front of is the antonym of "behind" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of behind

    • behind ( plural  behinds)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza behind, lm  liczba mnoga behinds nieodm.  nieodmienny
    • behind ( comparative more behind, superlative most behind)
    • behind (comparative behinder or more behind, superlative behindest or most behind)
    • behind (plural behinds)
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