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Behind   /bɪhˈaɪnd/   Listen
Behind

adverb
1.
In or to or toward the rear.  "Seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front" , "The final runners were far behind"
2.
Remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from.  "Left a large family behind" , "The children left their books behind" , "He took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind"
3.
Of timepieces.  Synonym: slow.  "My watch is running behind"
4.
In or into an inferior position.  "Their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers"
5.
In debt.  Synonyms: behindhand, in arrears.  "A month behind in the rent" , "A company that has been run behindhand for years" , "In arrears with their utility bills"
noun
1.
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.  Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush.  "Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
adjective
1.
Having the lower score or lagging position in a contest.  "The 8th inning found the home team trailing"



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"Behind" Quotes from Famous Books



... from philosophy that is poetically expressed, such as Emerson's "Essays." In practising these for the special development of significance every effort should be made to realize the thought quality in the voice, so that each word may seem to picture forth the full truth that lies behind it, and that all shall move in such harmony as to suggest the deeper meanings. The quality of expressiveness, or clear response to thought in the voice, it will be observed, is secured through the ready service of all its powers under the influence of the mental concept. ...
— Expressive Voice Culture - Including the Emerson System • Jessie Eldridge Southwick
... is an Indian creeping up behind a bush." Joe says, "Bill, get up and see what it is. My eyes are not as good in the ...
— Christopher Carson • John S. C. Abbott
... at a beautiful bit of fern and foliage—quite tropical in its way—in a wood hereabout; and I've introduced Sardanapalus, coiled up in the foreground, just to give life to the scene, don't you know, and an excuse for a title. I mean to call it 'The Rajah's Rest.' Behind, great ferns and a mossy bank; in front, Sardanapalus, after tiffin, rolled spirally ...
— What's Bred In the Bone • Grant Allen
... up till midnight, and he never himself rose till late. Not only had he thus secured himself from interruption between seven at night and five the next morning but he had accustomed his wife and Jean to respect his morning sleep and that of Hagar, whose room was directly behind his. ...
— Sons of the Soil • Honore de Balzac
... beautiful creature I ever beheld! But there is one of her sisters sitting down just behind you, who is very pretty, and I dare say very agreeable. Do let me ask my partner to ...
— Persuasion • Jane Austen


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