behind

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English behindan.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /bɪˈhaɪnd/, X-SAMPA: /bI"haInd/; IPA: /bəˈhaɪnd/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧hind

Preposition[edit]

behind

  1. at the back of
  2. to the back of
  3. after, time- or motion-wise
  4. responsible for
  5. in support of
    The republicans are fully behind their candidate.

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Adverb[edit]

behind (comparative more behind, superlative most behind)

  1. At the back part; in the rear.
  2. Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.
  3. Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
  4. Backward in time or order of succession; past.
  5. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) After the departure of another
    to stay behind
  6. Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
    • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, p. 68:
      ‘After the performance was over I went behind, and spoke to her.’

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Noun[edit]

behind (plural behinds)

  1. the rear, back-end
  2. bottom, downside
  3. butt, the buttocks
  4. (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.
  5. (baseball, slang, 1800s) The catcher.

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References[edit]

  • 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

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