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ADJECTIVE | 1 | behind, trailing | Having the lower score or lagging position in a contest |
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ADVERB | 1 | behind | In or to or toward the rear |
2 | behind | Remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from | |
3 | behind, slow | Of timepieces | |
4 | behind | In or into an inferior position | |
5 | behind, behindhand, in arrears | In debt | |
NOUN | 1 | behind, buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, derriere, fanny, ass | The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on |
Sounds | bihhhay'nd |
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Rhymes | aligned, assigned, bind, and 39 more rhymes in aynd at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Having the lower score or lagging position in a contest. |
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Examples | "behind by two points" |
Synonyms | trailing |
Similar to | down |
Meaning | The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. |
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Synonyms | buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, derriere, fanny, ass |
Part of | torso, trunk, body |
Broader | body part |
Meaning | In or to or toward the rear. |
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Examples | "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind" |
Meaning | Remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from. |
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Examples | "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "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" |
Meaning | Of timepieces. |
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Examples | "my watch is running behind" |
Synonyms | slow |
Meaning | In or into an inferior position. |
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Examples | "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers" |
Meaning | In debt. |
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Examples | "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years" |
Synonyms | behindhand, in arrears |