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back to front

back to front
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bak too fruhnt]
    • /bæk tu frʌnt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bak too fruhnt]
    • /bæk tu frʌnt/

Definitions of back to front words

  • phrase back to front If you are wearing something back to front, you are wearing it with the back of it at the front of your body. If you do something back to front, you do it the wrong way around, starting with the part that should come last. 3
  • noun back to front in reverse 3
  • noun back to front in disorder 3
  • adverb back to front turned around from the normal position or orientation so that the back is at the front 3
  • adverb back to front in an illogical order 3
  • adjective back to front Reversed, with the back now at the front. 0
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Parts of speech for Back to front

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Back to front

back to front popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% 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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