/bɪˈhaɪnd/
Translation
At or towards the back of something or someone.
Word origin
From Old English behindan, made from be and hindan, meaning from the back.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- behindan
- English cognates
- hind
Examples
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"Behind" tells us the garden is at the back.
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Here "behind" shows us where she is.
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"Behind" can also mean late or slow.
Used in
Stories
(13)One Sheep Short
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The Clock in the Hall
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The Passenger
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Two Gardens
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The Box in the Wood
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The First Letter
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The Midnight Piano
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The Register
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The Suggestion Box
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The Swimming Lesson
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The Tuesday Visitor
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The Whale on the Beach
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The Last Light
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Grammar articles
(16)British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Cleft sentences in English: it was X who, what I need is, and how to move the emphasis
Comparatives and superlatives in English: the complete guide
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Modals of deduction in English: must be, might be, could be and can't be
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
English tenses explained: all 12 with a master table
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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