behind
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈhaɪnd/
ipa: /bəˈhaɪnd/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /beˈhəɪn/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /beˈhoɪn/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /beˈhaɪn/
ipa: /ˈbiːˌhaɪnd/
ipa: /bɪˈhaɪnd/
ipa: /bɪˈhaɪnd/
ipa: /bəˈhaɪnd/
rhymes: -aɪnd
Forms: form: ahind
form: behine
Etymology: From Middle English behinde, behinden, from Old English behindan (“on the back side of, behind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihindan, *bihindini (“on the back side of, in the rear of, behind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bi- + *hindō (“the hind side, back part”), equivalent to be- + hind. Compare Old Saxon bihindan (“behind”, adverb), Middle High German behinter (“behind; back”).
Senses: examples: text: The children were hiding behind the wall.
text: Behind the garage needs clearing asap.
text: The sun went behind the clouds.
text: Look behind you!
text: I hide behind you in hide and seek.
text: But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection.
[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
ref: 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
text: Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
ref: 2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18:
antonyms: in front of
in front of
synonyms: word: in back of
word: to the rear of
word: a-back
english: Chester
translation: Chester
glosses: At or to the back or far side of.
examples: text: Behind the smile was a cruel intention.
antonyms: in front of
in front of
synonyms: word: in back of
word: to the rear of
word: a-back
english: Chester
translation: Chester
glosses: At or to the back or far side of.
Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
examples: text: All my problems are behind me.
antonyms: in front of
in front of
synonyms: word: in back of
word: to the rear of
word: a-back
english: Chester
translation: Chester
glosses: At or to the back or far side of.
In the past, from the viewpoint of.
examples: text: Smith finished the race a lap behind the others.
text: About the center, and a good way behind the rest, Silver and I followed — I tethered by my rope[…].
ref: 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
antonyms: ahead of
glosses: Less forward or advanced than; after.
After in physical progress or distance.
examples: text: I'm ranked sixth in the French class, behind five other pupils.
text: In the cricket match, England are 120 runs behind India.
text: For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 11:5:
antonyms: ahead of
glosses: Less forward or advanced than; after.
After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
examples: London is nine hours behind Tokyo.
antonyms: ahead of
glosses: Less forward or advanced than; after.
After in time.
examples: text: Who is behind these terrorist attacks?
text: Mr Jones was the man behind the redevelopment plan.
text: Bud Light replaces Marketing VP behind Dylan Mulvaney partnership.
ref: 2023, Ian Miller, OutKick:
glosses: Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
examples: text: What is behind this unexpected decision?
glosses: Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
examples: text: The republicans are fully behind their candidate.
glosses: In support of.
examples: text: He was like, 'Fuck the police! Fuck you! You know who I am, you gonna quit playing with me, bitch.' I'm like let's go. 'Cause I wasn't trying to go to jail behind that shit.
ref: 2012, DeShawn Dorsey, Longsuffering Through Emotional Wounds, page 40:
qualifier: sometimes regarded as nonstandard
glosses: Following, subsequent to; as a result or consequence of; because of.
Derived terms: behind center
behinded
behind every successful man there stands a woman
behind its time
behindness
behind post
behind someone's back
behind the 8-ball
behind the curtain
behind the curve
behind the ear
behind the eight ball
behind the eightball
behind-the-scenes
behind the times
behind the wire
behind time
dry behind the ears
green behind the ears
hidebehind
jump up behind
nut behind the bolt
power behind the throne
put behind one
rally behind
therebehind
throw oneself behind
throw one's weight behind
walk behind
wet-behind-the-ears
with one arm tied behind one's back
with one hand tied behind one's back
writebehind