back of

B b

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bak uhv, ov]
- /bæk ʌv, ɒv/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bak uhv, ov]
- /bæk ʌv, ɒv/

Definitions of back of words

noun back of the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine. 1
noun back of the part of the body of animals corresponding to the human back. 1
noun back of the rear portion of any part of the body: the back of the head. 1
noun back of the whole body, with reference to clothing: the clothes on his back. 1
noun back of ability for labor; effort; endurance: He put his back into the task. 1
noun back of the part opposite to or farthest from the front; the rear part: the back of a hall. 1

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Origin of back of

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English bak, Old English bæc back of the body; cognate with Old Frisian bek, Old Saxon, Old Norse bak; perhaps < Indo-European *bhogo- bending; cf. bacon

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Parts of speech for Back of

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for back of

adj back of

subsequently — occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
later — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
afterwards — If you do something or if something happens afterwards, you do it or it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned.
back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
behind — If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.

adv back of

trailing — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
off the pace — behind the leader; out of first place

All 28 Synonyms of back of

Antonyms for back of

adj back of

before — If something happens before a particular date, time, or event, it happens earlier than that date, time, or event.
front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
preceding — that precedes; previous: Refer back to the footnote on the preceding page.
future — time that is to be or come hereafter.
first — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.

adv back of

paid — a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .

All 7 Antonyms of back of

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Antonyms for back of

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