preposition, adverb, noun
preposition
1 at or towards the back of sb/sth, and often hidden by it or them:
Who's the girl standing behind Jan? * Stay close behind me. * a small street behind the station * She glanced behind her. * Don't forget to lock the door behind you (= when you leave). * The sun disappeared behind the clouds.
compareINFRONTOF -< BACK
2 making less progress than sb/sth:
He's behind the rest of the class in reading. * We're behind schedule (= late).
3 giving support to or approval of sb/sth:
She knew that, whatever she decided, her family was right behind her.
4 responsible for starting or developing sth:
What's behind that happy smile (= what is causing it)? * He was the man behind the plan to build a new hospital.
5 used to say that sth is in sb's past:
The accident is behind you now, so try to forget it. * She has ten years' useful experience behind her.
Part of speech: adverb
1 at or towards the back of sb/sth; further back:
She rode off down the road with the dog running behind. * The others are a long way behind. * He was shot from behind as he ran away. * I had fallen so far behind that it seemed pointless trying to catch up.
2 in the place where sb/sth is or was:
I was told to stay behind after school (= remain in school). * This bag was left behind after the class.
3 ~ (with / in sth) late in paying money or completing work:
She's fallen behind with the payments. * He was terribly behind in his work.
noun (informal) a person's bottom. People often say 'behind' to avoid saying 'bottom'.
SYNBACKSIDE:
The dog bit him on his behind.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for behind is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is behind a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, behind is tagged as adverb.
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