Meaning of behind in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• The rear, back-end

• Butt, the buttocks, bottom

• A one-point score.

• (1800s) The catcher.

• In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).

adverb

• At the back part; in the rear.

• Toward the back part or rear; backward.

  Example: to look behind

• Overdue, in arrears.

  Example: I'm two weeks behind in my schedule.

• Slow; of a watch or clock.

  Example: My watch is four minutes behind.

• Existing afterwards

  Example: He left behind a legacy of death and sorrow.

• Backward in time or order of succession; past.

• Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.

• Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.

preposition

• At the back of; positioned with something else in front of.

  Example: The car is behind the wall.

• To the back of.

• After, time- or motion-wise.

• Responsible for

  Example: Who is behind these terrorist attacks?

• In support of.

  Example: The republicans are fully behind their candidate.

• Left a distance by, in progress or improvement; inferior to.

  Example: I'm ranked sixth in the French class, behind five other pupils.

• As a result or consequence of