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at or toward the rear of: Look behind the house.
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not keeping up with, later than; after: behind schedule.
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in the state of making less progress than: We can't afford to fall behind our competitors.
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on the farther side of; beyond: behind the mountain.
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EXPANDoriginating, supporting, or promoting: Who's behind this program?
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hidden or unrevealed by: Malice lay behind her smile.
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COLLAPSEat the controls of: behind the wheel of a car.
adverb
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at or toward the rear; rearward: to lag behind.
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in a place, state, or stage already passed.
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in arrears; behindhand: to be behind in one's rent.
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slow, as a watch or clock: more than 20 minutes behind.
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EXPANDas a cause or often latent feature of: Behind their harassment lay the traditional fear of foreigners.
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in a situation that exists afterward: The victim left behind a large family.
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COLLAPSEArchaic. in reserve; to come: Greater support is yet behind.
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Behinds
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
adjective
15.
following: the man behind.
noun
16.
Informal. the buttocks.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English behinde(n), Old English behindan; for adv. suffix -an compare before. See be-, hind1
before 900; Middle English behinde(n), Old English behindan; for adv. suffix -an compare before. See be-, hind1
Synonyms
1, 2. Behind, after both refer to a position following something else. Behind applies primarily to position in space, and suggests that one person or thing is at the back of another; it may also refer to (a fixed) time: He stood behind the chair. You are behind the appointed time. After applies primarily to time; when it denotes position in space, it is not used with precision, and refers usually to bodies in motion: Rest after a hard day's work. They entered the room, one after another.
1, 2. Behind, after both refer to a position following something else. Behind applies primarily to position in space, and suggests that one person or thing is at the back of another; it may also refer to (a fixed) time: He stood behind the chair. You are behind the appointed time. After applies primarily to time; when it denotes position in space, it is not used with precision, and refers usually to bodies in motion: Rest after a hard day's work. They entered the room, one after another.
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behind
O.E. behindan "behind, after," from bi "by" + hindan "from behind" (see hind (adj.)). Euphemistic meaning "backside of a person" is from 1786. Phrase behind the times is from 1905.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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