āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
01
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§, āĻāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§
at the rear or back side of an object or area
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The school is situated behind the church.
āϏā§āĻā§āϞāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϰā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The river flows behind the old mill.
āύāĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύ⧠āĻŽāĻŋāϞā§āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
1.2
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§, āĻ āϤā§āϤ
further back in time or depth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The origins of the legend go behind even the oldest texts.
āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŦāĻĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŦāĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āύ āĻā§āϰāύā§āĻĨāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻāϞ⧠āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dog trotted behind its owner.
āĻā§āĻā§āϰāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.1
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§, āĻĒāϰā§
after someone who has passed through a door or space
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She stormed out, slamming the door behind her.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϰā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞā§āύ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻĻāϰāĻāĻž āϧāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Years of hard work were behind her success.
āĻāĻ ā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽā§āϰ āĻŦāĻāϰāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĢāϞā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§, āĻ āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ
no longer in mind or consideration
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His criminal past was finally behind him.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ
āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧāĻŽā§āϞāĻ āĻ
āϤā§āϤ āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āώ⧠āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§, āϏāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨāύā§
used to indicate support or endorsement of someone or something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's CEO is fully behind the new product launch.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āύāϤā§āύ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āϞāĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻāĻā§āύāĨ¤
5.1
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§, āύā§āϤā§āϤā§āĻŦā§
in charge of organizing or leading an event or situation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was behind the project that transformed the company.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒā§āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝāĻž āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāĻā§ āϰā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
5.2
āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝā§, āϏāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨāύā§
with the support or influence of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bill passed behind strong public support.
āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻāύāĻāĻŖā§āϰ āĻā§āϰāĻžāϞ⧠āϏāĻŽāϰā§āĻĨāύ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She is working hard to catch up and not remain behind her peers.
āϏ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻāϰā§āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§ā§ āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻ ā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
6.1
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§, āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏā§āĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§
used to express being late or delayed compared to others or a schedule
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The report is behind deadline and needs to be finished immediately.
āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦā§ āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The children ran behind when the bell rang for recess.
āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝāĻāύ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§, āĻĒā§āĻāύ⧠āĻĢā§āϞ⧠āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
remaining after an event or person has passed
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When the train left, he was left behind on the platform.
āϝāĻāύ āĻā§āϰā§āύāĻāĻŋ āĻāϞ⧠āĻā§āϞ, āϏ⧠āĻĒā§āϞā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻĢāϰā§āĻŽā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āϰāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
03
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§, āĻ āϤā§āϤ
in a time that has already passed
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Once the decision was made, all doubts were left behind.
āĻāĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϞā§, āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϤ āϏāύā§āĻĻā§āĻš āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āϰā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§, āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§
in a state of lesser development, achievement, or advancement compared to others
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They dropped behind in their work due to technical difficulties.
āĻĒā§āϰāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻ
āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
4.1
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§, āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§
(in a contest) in a lower scoring position compared to another competitor
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The polls showed him as much as 50 points behind his rival.
āĻāϰāĻŋāĻĒā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻā§ āϝ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻŦāύā§āĻĻā§āĻŦā§ āĻĨā§āĻā§ 50 āĻĒāϝāĻŧā§āύā§āĻ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻā§āύāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team is behind on their assignments this week.
āĻĻāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžāĻāύāĻŽā§āύā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
5.1
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ
used to describe being late in paying debts or fulfilling obligations
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company is behind on paying its suppliers.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻšāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The kitchen clock runs behind, which is why dinner was late.
āϰāĻžāύā§āύāĻžāĻāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻ āϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Behind
01
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ, āύāĻŋāϤāĻŽā§āĻŦ
the fleshy part at the back of a person's body
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The toddler laughed as he wobbled and plopped down on his behind.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšā§āϏ⧠āĻāĻ āϞ āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϞ⧠āĻĻā§āϞ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύā§āĨ¤
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