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back-to-back

back-to-back
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bak too bak]
    • /bæk tu bæk/
    • /ˌbæk.təˈbæk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bak too bak]
    • /bæk tu bæk/

Definitions of back-to-back word

  • adjective back-to-back Back-to-back wins or victories are victories that are gained one after another without any defeats between them. 3
  • adverb back-to-back facing in opposite directions, often with the backs touching 3
  • adverb back-to-back one after the other, consecutively 3
  • adjective back-to-back (of urban houses) built so that their backs are joined or separated only by a narrow alley 3
  • adjective back-to-back consecutive 3
  • adjective back-to-back denoting a credit arrangement in which a finance house acts as an intermediary to conceal the identity of the seller from the buyer 3

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Parts of speech for Back-to-back

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

back-to-back popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for back-to-back

adj back-to-back

  • later — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
  • adjacent — If one thing is adjacent to another, the two things are next to each other.
  • adjoining — being in contact; connected or neighbouring
  • after — If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event.
  • alongside — If one thing is alongside another thing, the first thing is next to the second.

Antonyms for back-to-back

adj back-to-back

  • earlier — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
  • preceding — that precedes; previous: Refer back to the footnote on the preceding page.
  • previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.

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