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- [bih-hahynd]
- /bɪˈhaɪnd/
- /bɪˈhaɪnd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bih-hahynd]
- /bɪˈhaɪnd/
Definitions of behind word
- preposition 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. 3
- preposition behind Behind is also an adverb. 3
- preposition behind If you are walking or travelling behind someone or something, you are following them. 3
- preposition behind If someone is behind a desk, counter, or bar, they are on the other side of it from where you are. 3
- preposition behind When you shut a door or gate behind you, you shut it after you have gone through it. 3
- preposition behind The people, reason, or events behind a situation are the causes of it or are responsible for it. 3
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Origin of behind
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English behinde(n), Old English behindan; for adv. suffix -an cf. before. See be-, hind1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Behind
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
behind popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% 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".
behind usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for behind
adv behind
- trailing — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- abaft — closer to the stern than to another place on a vessel
- after — If something happens after a particular date or event, it happens during the period of time that follows that date or event.
- 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.
- next — immediately following in time, order, importance, etc.: the next day; the next person in line.
noun behind
- bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
- backside — Your backside is the part of your body that you sit on.
- posterior — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- seat — something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- tail — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
prep behind
- causing — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- initiating — to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.
- instigating — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- backing — If someone has the backing of an organization or an important person, they receive support or money from that organization or person in order to do something.
- supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
Antonyms for behind
Top questions with behind
- he who walks behind the rows?
- what she left behind?
- the who behind blue eyes?
- what is no child left behind?
- who created no child left behind?
- what organ is behind the belly button?
- what is the no child left behind act?
- how to get a contact out from behind your eye?
- only a fool trips on what is behind him?
- how to play behind blue eyes?
- when we get behind closed doors?
- when traveling behind large trucks?
- how to paint behind a toilet?
- what is the main motive behind dealer incentives?
- friends who talk behind your back?
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