behind
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[edit] English
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| air | reason | feel | #370: behind | sn | really | replied |
[edit] Etymology
Old English behindan
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /bɪˈhaɪnd/, SAMPA: /bI"haInd/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Hyphenation: be‧hind
[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
- 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] Noun
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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
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bottom
butt, buttocks
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