behind
21behind — /bi huynd /, prep. 1. at or toward the rear of: Look behind the house. 2. not keeping up with, later than; after: behind schedule. 3. in the state of making less progress than: We can t afford to fall behind our competitors. 4. on the farther… …
22behind — adv., prep. 1) to fall, lag behind 2) to remain, stay behind 3) behind by (our team is behind by two points) 4) behind in, with (he s behind with his payments) 5) (misc.) to be solidly behind smb. ( to support smb. wholeheartedly ) * * * [bɪ… …
23behind — 1. preposition 1) he hid behind a tree Syn: at the back/rear of, beyond, on the far/other side of, in back of Ant: in front of 2) a guard ran behind him Syn: after, following, at the back …
24behind — be•hind [[t]bɪˈhaɪnd[/t]] prep. 1) at or toward the rear of: behind the house[/ex] 2) later than; after: behind schedule[/ex] 3) in the state of making less progress than: fell behind the competition[/ex] 4) on the farther side of; beyond: behind …
25behind — 1. preposition 1) he hid behind a tree Syn: at the back/rear of, beyond, on the far/other side of; N.Amer. in back of 2) a guard ran behind him Syn: after, following, at the back/rear of, hard on the heels of, in the wake of 3) …
26behind — /bəˈhaɪnd / (say buh huynd), /bi / (say bee ) preposition 1. at the back of; at the rear of: behind the house. 2. after; later than: behind schedule. 3. less advanced than; inferior to: behind his class in mathematics. 4. on the farther side of;… …
27behind — See: DRY BEHIND THE EARS, FALL BEHIND, GET BEHIND, HANG BACK or HANG BEHIND …
28behind — See: DRY BEHIND THE EARS, FALL BEHIND, GET BEHIND, HANG BACK or HANG BEHIND …
29behind — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. rearward, aft, backward; after, subsequently; slow. prep. in back of, following. See rear, lateness, regression, sequence.Ant., ahead. II (Roget s IV) modif. and prep. 1. [To the rear in space] Syn …
30behind — [OE] Behind was compounded in Old English times from the prefix bi ‘by’ and hindan ‘from behind’. This second element, and the related Old English hinder ‘below’, have relatives in other Germanic languages (German hinten and hinter ‘behind’, for… …
