behind
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old English behindan.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /bɪˈhaɪnd/, SAMPA: /bI"haInd/; IPA: /bəˈhaɪnd/
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[edit] Preposition
behind
- at the back of
- to the back of
- after, time- or motion-wise
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- About the center, and a good way behind the rest, Silver and I followed - I tethered by my rope...
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- responsible for
- in support of
- The republicans are fully behind their candidate.
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[edit] Translations
at the back of
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to the back of
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after, time- or motion-wise
in support of
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[edit] Adverb
behind (comparative more behind, superlative most behind)
- At the back part; in the rear.
- Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.
- Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
- Backward in time or order of succession; past.
- After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.
[edit] Translations
at the back part; in the rear
toward the back part or rear; backward
[edit] Noun
behind (plural behinds)
- the rear, back-end
- bottom, downside
- butt, the buttocks
- (Australian rules football) A 1 point score.
- 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, Sydney University Press, ISBN 0-424-00113-6.
- 1880: A roar from ten thousand throats go up,
- (baseball) (slang) an 1800s baseball term meaning the catcher
[edit] Translations
rear
bottom
butt, buttocks
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[edit] References
- Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8
[edit] External links
- behind in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- behind in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
