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English

{{rank|air|reason|feel|370|behind|sn|really|replied}}

Etymology

Old English behindan

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bɪˈhaɪnd/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-behind.ogg
  • Hyphenation: be·hind


Preposition

behind

  1. at the back of
  2. to the back of
  3. after, time- or motion-wise
  4. * 1883: w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island
  5. *: About the center, and a good way behind the rest, Silver and I followed - I tethered by my rope...
  6. in support of


Synonyms


Translations

  • Albanian: {{t-|sq|prapa|xs=Albanian}}
  • Czech:
  • Danish: bag (ved)
  • Dutch: ,
  • Ewe: megbe
  • Finnish:
  • French:
  • German:
  • Greek: {{t|el|πίσω από|sc=Grek}} (píso apó)
  • Hebrew: {{he-translation|מאחור|me`akhór|wv=מֵאָחוֹר}} (in the back), (behind someone/something)
  • Albanian: {{t-|sq|prapa|xs=Albanian}}
  • Chinese: 後面
  • Czech:
  • Danish: bag ved, bagefter
  • Dutch:
  • Ewe: megbe
  • Finnish:
  • French:
  • German:
  • Hebrew: {{he-translation|מאחור|me`akhór|wv=מֵאָחוֹר}} (in the back), (behind someone/something)
  • Hungarian:
  • Kurdish: {{t-|ku|پشت|sc=KUchar}}, {{t+|ku|پاش|sc=KUchar}}
  • Latin:
  • Polish:
  • Russian: за (za)
  • Slovene: ,
  • Tagalog: sa likod
  • West Frisian: {{t-|fy|efter|xs=West Frisian}}
  • Hebrew:
  • Hungarian: valaminek a ,
  • Latin:
  • Polish:
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|позади|tr=pozadí|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|после|tr=pósl'e|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Slovene: ,
  • Albanian: {{t-|sq|prapa|xs=Albanian}}, {{t-|sq|pas|xs=Albanian}}
  • Danish:
  • Dutch:
  • Ewe: megbe
  • Finnish:
  • French:

Noun

  1. the rear, back-end
  2. bottom, downside
  3. butt, the buttocks
  4. A 1 point score.
  5. : 1880: A roar from ten thousand throats go up,
    For we've kicked another behind.
    — "The Opening Ball" in Comic Australian Verse, ed. G. Lehmann, 1975. Quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, second edition, 1985, w:Sydney University Press|Sydney University Press, ISBN 0-424-00113-6.
  6. an 1800s baseball term meaning the catcher


Translations

  • Polish: {{t|pl|tył|m}}, {{t-|pl|zad|m}}
  • Russian: зад (zad)
  • Slovene: zadnji del
  • Danish: {{t-|da|bund|c}}
  • Finnish: , , ,
  • German: {{t+|de|Hintern|m}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|dupa|f}}, {{t-|pl|zad|m}}
  • Slovene: zadnjica

Derived terms


Category:English prepositions

fa:behind fr:behind gl:behind hy:behind io:behind it:behind kk:behind ku:behind hu:behind nl:behind ja:behind pl:behind ru:behind simple:behind fi:behind ta:behind te:behind vi:behind zh:behind

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Behind \Be*hind"\, adv.
1. At the back part; in the rear. "I shall not lag behind."
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]

2. Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look
behind.
[1913 Webster]

3. Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view;
out of sight; remaining.
[1913 Webster]

We can not be sure that there is no evidence behind.
--Locke.
[1913 Webster]

4. Backward in time or order of succession; past.
[1913 Webster]

Forgetting those things which are behind. --Phil.
ii. 13.
[1913 Webster]

5. After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.
[1913 Webster]

Leave not a rack behind. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Behind \Be*hind"\, prep. [AS. behindan; pref. be- + hindan. See
Hind, a.]
1. On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the
back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as,
behind a door; behind a hill.
[1913 Webster]

A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. --Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster]

2. Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing
to a distance or by death.
[1913 Webster]

A small part of what he left behind him. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]

3. Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence:
Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or
in any achievement.
[1913 Webster]

I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
--2 Cor. xi.
5.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Behind \Be*hind"\, n.
The backside; the rump. [Low]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet behind
adj : having the lower score or lagging position in a contest;
"behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home
team trailing" [syn: behind(p), trailing]
n : 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?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament,
hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat,
rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, {tail
end}, tooshie, tush, bottom, derriere, fanny, ass]
adv 1: 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"
2: 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"
3: of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch
is running behind" [syn: slow]
4: in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his
studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the
competition for customers"
5: 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" [syn: behindhand, in arrears]
Moby Dictionary
after , after time , afterpart , afterpiece , afterward , arrested ,
back , back door , back of , back seat , back side , back to back ,
backside , backward , behind the scenes , behind time , behindhand ,
belatedly , below , beyond , bottom , breech , butt , buttocks ,
by and by , can , checked , croup , crupper , deep into , delayed ,
derriere , detained , fanny , far on , following , haunches , heel ,
heinie , hind end , hind part , hindhead , impeded , in arrear ,
in arrears , in back of , in support of , in the background ,
in the rear , infra , late , later , later than , latterly , nates , next ,
none too soon , occiput , past , posterior , postern , rear , rear end ,
rearward , retarded , reverse , rump , set back , since , slow ,
slowed down , stern , subsequent to , subsequently , supporting , tail ,
tail end , tailpiece , tandem , tardy


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