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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishbehinde,behinden, fromOld Englishbehindan(“on the back side of, behind”), fromProto-West Germanic*bihindan,*bihindini(“on the back side of, in the rear of, behind”), fromProto-West Germanic*bi- +*hindō(“the hind side, back part”), equivalent tobe- +‎hind. CompareOld Saxonbihindan(“behind”,adverb),Middle High Germanbehinter(“behind; back”).

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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behind

  1. At or to theback or far side of.
    Antonym:in front of
    The children were hidingbehind the wall.
    Behind the garage needs clearing asap.
    The sun wentbehind the clouds.
    Lookbehind you!
    I hidebehind you in hide and seek.
    • 1879,R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, inThe Amateur Poacher, London:Smith, Elder, & Co., […],→OCLC:
      But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection.
      […]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the foggerbehind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
    • 2013 July 19,Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume189, number 6, page18:
      Hiddenbehind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
    Synonyms:(US)in back of,to therear of,(Chester)a-back
    Antonym:in front of
    1. (figuratively) Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
      Behind the smile was a cruel intention.
    2. (figuratively) In the past, from the viewpoint of.
      All my problems arebehind me.
  2. Less forward or advanced than;after.
    Antonym:ahead of
    1. After in physical progress ordistance.
      Smith finished the race a lapbehind the others.
    2. After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
      I'm ranked sixth in the French class,behind five other pupils.
      In the cricket match, England are 120 runsbehind India.
    3. After intime.
      London is nine hoursbehind Tokyo.
  3. Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
    Who isbehind these terrorist attacks?
    Mr Jones was the manbehind the redevelopment plan.
    • 2023, Ian Miller,OutKick‎[1]:
      Bud Light replaces Marketing VPbehind Dylan Mulvaney partnership.
  4. Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
    What isbehind this unexpected decision?
  5. Insupport of.
    The republicans are fullybehind their candidate.
  6. (sometimes regarded as nonstandard, US, informal)Following, subsequent to;as a result orconsequence of;because of.
    • 2012, DeShawn Dorsey,Longsuffering Through Emotional Wounds, page40:
      He was like, 'Fuck the police! Fuck you! You know who I am, you gonna quit playing with me, bitch.' I'm like let's go. 'Cause I wasn't trying to go to jailbehind that shit.

Derived terms

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Translations

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at the back of
to the back of
after, time- or motion-wise
responsible for
in support of
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Adverb

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behind (comparativemorebehindor(rare or nonstandard)behinder,superlativemostbehindor(rare or nonstandard)behindest)

  1. At or in the rear or back part of something.
    The water flows out through the pipe, and the sediment collectsbehind.
  2. In a rearward direction.
    We ran and ran, without once lookingbehind.
  3. So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
    The slower runners were left a long waybehind.
    In the cricket match, England finished a long waybehind.
    The worst thing about autumn is that winter followsbehind.
    • 1667,John Milton, “Book X”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
      I shall not lagbehind.
  4. So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
    I couldn't be bothered to carry the ironing board, so I left itbehind.
    He stayedbehind after the war.
    He leftbehind a legacy of death and sorrow.
    The island was inundated by the sea, leaving not a tracebehind.
  5. Backward in time or order of succession;past.
  6. Behind the scenes in a theatre;backstage.
    • 1890,Oscar Wilde,The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published2007, page68:
      ‘After the performance was over I wentbehind, and spoke to her.’
  7. (archaic) Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.

Usage notes

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For usage in phrasal verbs, seeCategory:English phrasal verbs formed with "behind".

Translations

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at the back part; in the rear
toward the back part or rear; backward
so as to be still in place afterwards
backward in time or order of succession
behind the scenes
not yet brought forward
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Adjective

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behind (comparativemorebehindor(rare or nonstandard)behinder,superlativemostbehindor(rare or nonstandard)behindest)

  1. Notadvanced to therequired orexpecteddegree;overdue or inarrears.
    I'm verybehind in my schedule.
    My employer is two paychecksbehind on paying my salary.
  2. (of a watch or clock)Slow.
    My watch isbehind by four minutes.

Noun

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behind (pluralbehinds)

  1. Therear, back-end.
    This part fits under thebehind of the vehicle.
    She sneaked up on me frombehind.
  2. (informal) Thebuttocks,bottom,butt.
    I was stung on thebehind by a wasp.
    • 2010,Mary Roach, “One Furry Step for Mankind: The Strange Careers of Ham and Enos”, inPacking for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void,W. W. Norton & Company,→ISBN, page158:
      "So the catheter didn't have anything to do with keeping him from touching himself?" I don't usually go in for euphemisms, but Fineg is a man who says "behind", as in "I have a picture where he bit me in thebehind." The catheter, it turns out, was in the chimp's femoral artery (to monitor blood pressure), not his urethra.
    • 2011 December 12, Alyssa Newcomb, “Sit, Stay, Aim, Fire. Dog Shoots Another Hunter”, inABC News‎[2], archived fromthe original on25 October 2021:
      "The dog got excited, was jumping around inside the boat and then it jumped on the gun. It went off, shooting the [decoy setter] in the buttocks," Box Elder County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Kevin Potter told the Salt Lake Tribune. Twenty-seven rounds of birdshot were removed from the man'sbehind after the accident.
  3. (Australian rules football) A one-point score.
    • 1880, “The Opening Ball”, in G. Lehmann, editor,Comic Australian Verse,1975, quoted inG. A. Wilkes,A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, second edition,Sydney University Press, published1985,→ISBN:
      A roar from ten thousand throats go up,
      For we've kicked anotherbehind.
  4. (baseball, slang, 1800s) Thecatcher.
  5. In the Eton Collegefield game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over thebully) and a "long" (who defends thegoal).

Derived terms

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Terms derived frombehind (all parts of speech)

Translations

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rear, back-end
buttocks
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