Complete Definition of "behind"

English

rank|air|reason|feel|370|behind|sn|really|replied

Etymology
Old English behindan

Pronunciation
IPA|/bɪ�haɪnd/, SAMPA|/bI"haInd/
audio|en-us-behind.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: be·hind

Preposition
behind

  1. at the back of
  2. to the back of
  3. after, time- or motion-wise

#* 1883: w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island
#*: About the center, and a good way behind the rest, Silver and I followed - I tethered by my rope...

  1. in support of

Synonyms
in back of
to the rear of

Translations
trans-top|at the back of
Albanian: t-|sq|prapa|xs=Albanian
Czech: t+|cs|za
Danish: bag (ved)
Dutch: t+|nl|achter, t+|nl|achteraan
Ewe: megbe
Finnish: t+|fi|takana
French: t+|fr|derrière
German: t+|de|hinter
Greek: t|el|�ί�� α��|sc=Grek (píso apó)
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Hebrew: he-translation|����ר|me`akhór|wv=�ֵ�ָ��ֹר (in the back), he-translation|����ר�|me`akhoréi (behind someone/something)
Latin: t+|la|post
Lithuanian: už
Polish: t+|pl|za
Russian: за (za), �зади (szádi), позади (pozadí)
Slovene: zadaj, za
Tagalog: sa likod
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trans-top|to the back of
Albanian: t-|sq|prapa|xs=Albanian
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Czech: t+|cs|za
Danish: bag ved, bagefter
Dutch: achteraan
Ewe: megbe
Finnish: t-|fi|taakse
French: t+|fr|derrière
German: t+|de|hinter
trans-mid
Hebrew: he-translation|����ר|me`akhór|wv=�ֵ�ָ��ֹר (in the back), he-translation|����ר�|me`akhoréi (behind someone/something)
Kurdish: t-|ku|پشت|scKUchar, t+|ku|پاش|scKUchar
Latin: t+|la|post
Polish: t|pl|z ty�u
Russian: за (za)
Slovene: t+|sl|nazaj, t+|sl|za
Tagalog: sa likod
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trans-top|after, time- or motion-wise
Albanian: t-|sq|pas|xs=Albanian
Danish: bagefter, efter
Dutch: t+|nl|na
Ewe: megbe
Finnish: takana, jaljessä
French: t+|fr|après
German: t+|de|hinter
trans-mid
Hebrew: he-translation|����ר�|me`akhoréi
Latin: t+|la|post
Polish: t+|pl|po
Russian: t-|ru|позади|trpozadí|scCyrl, t+|ru|по�ле|trpósl'e|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|po, t+|sl|za
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trans-top|in support of
Albanian: t-|sq|prapa|xsAlbanian, t-|sq|pas|xsAlbanian
Danish: t+|da|bag
Dutch: t+|nl|achter
Ewe: megbe
Finnish: t+|fi|takana
French: t+|fr|derrière
Hebrew: he-translation|����ר�|me`akhoréi
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|پشت گرت�
Polish: t|pl|(by�) za
Russian: за (za), за �пиной (za spinój)
Slovene: t+|sl|za
Tagalog: nasa likod
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ttbc|Afrikaans: agteraan
ttbc|Arabic: �راء
ttbc|Azeri: arxasında
ttbc|Bosnian: straga
ttbc|Bulgarian: зад (zad)
ttbc|Catalan: darrera de
ttbc|Croatian: iza
ttbc|Esperanto: apog
ttbc|Estonian: taga
ttbc|Faeroese: aftan
ttbc|Frisian: efter
ttbc|Georgian: ���� (ukan)
ttbc|Hindi: pichhe, pashchata, ghata, kamatara, dera men
ttbc|Hungarian: hátsórész
ttbc|Icelandic: eftir, fyrir aftan, á eftir (time)
ttbc|Ido: dop
ttbc|Igbo: azụ
ttbc|Indonesian: di belakang
ttbc|Irish: taobh thiar de
ttbc|Italian: dietro
ttbc|Japanese: ��� (����) (no-ushiro)
trans-mid
ttbc|Korean: �� (dwië)
ttbc|Latvian: aiz
ttbc|Lithuanian: už
ttbc|Malay: sesudah
ttbc|Mongolian: �ойно (hojno)
ttbc|Norwegian: bak
ttbc|Old English: æftar
ttbc|Papiamentu: patras di
ttbc|Persian: ﻩ�� ﻥﻤﻴﺸﻨ
ttbc|Portuguese: atrás
ttbc|Punjabi: pis'qu
ttbc|Romanian: in spate, in urma,
ttbc|Serbian: иза (iza)
ttbc|Slovak: za
ttbc|Spanish: detrás
ttbc|Swahili: baada
ttbc|Swedish: bak, bakom
ttbc|Thai: ��า�หลั� (kâang l�ng)
ttbc|Turkish: arkada
ttbc|Ukrainian: позад� (pozádu)
ttbc|Uyghur: arqida
ttbc|Vietnamese: sau
ttbc|Welsh: tu cefn
ttbc|Yiddish: hinten, hinter
ttbc|Zulu: emuva
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Noun
en-noun

  1. the rear
  2. bottom
  3. the buttocks
  4. aussie-rules A 1 point score.

#: 1880: A roar from ten thousand throats go up,<br>For we've kicked another behind. <br>&mdash; "The Opening Ball" in Comic Australian Verse, ed. G. Lehmann, 1975. Quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, second edition, 1985, w:Sydney University Press|Sydney University Press, ISBN 0-424-00113-6.

  1. baseball slang an 1800s baseball term meaning the catcher

Translations
trans-top|rear
Danish: bagside c
Dutch: achtereind(e) n, achterkant m, achterzijde f (or m)
Finnish: t-|fi|takaosa, t+|fi|takapuoli
French: t+|fr|revers|m
Polish: t|pl|ty�|m, t-|pl|zad|m
Russian: зад (zad) m
Slovene: zadnji del
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trans-top|bottom
Danish: t-|da|bund|c
Finnish: t+|fi|takapuoli, t-|fi|takamus, t+|fi|peppu, t+|fi|perse
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trans-top|buttocks
Danish: bagdel c, rumpe c
Dutch: achterste n, achterwerk n, (animals) achterhand n
Finnish: t+|fi|pakara|alt=pakarat, t+|fi|takapuoli, t-|fi|takamus
French: t+|fr|derrière|m
German: t+|de|Hintern|m
Polish: t+|pl|dupa|f, t-|pl|zad|m
Slovene: zadnjica
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Derived terms
rushed behind

Category:English prepositions

fa:behind
fr:behind
gl:behind
hy:behind
io:behind
it:behind
kk:behind
hu:behind
ja:behind
pl:behind
ru:behind
simple:behind
fi:behind
ta:behind
te:behind
vi:behind
zh:behind

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