Behind

Definition: Behind

Behind

Adjective

1. Having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing".

Adverb

1. In or to or toward the rear; "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind".

2. Remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from; "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind".

3. Of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind".

4. In or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers".

5. In debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills".

Noun

1. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "behind" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Behind

Sequence

Adverb: after, subsequently; behind; (rear).

Crosswords: Behind

And that's the day I knew there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

You know, the elderly, although slow, and dangerous behind the wheel, can serve a purpose (Dumb and Dumber; writing credit: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, and Bennett Yellin.)

Nobody gets left behind. (Lilo & Stitch; writing credit: Chris Sanders)

There's no mystery to the street, no arch criminal behind it all. It if you find a body and you think his brother did it, you're gonna find out you're right (The Usual Suspects; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie)

Harry, do you realize it has, in fact, been 10 years since you've been behind the wheel of one of these things (True Lies; writing credit: Claude Zidi; Simon Michaël)

Well, I'll be two steps behind you (Two Steps Behind; performing artist: Def Leppard)

Behind your back (Playas Gon' Play; performing artist: 3LW)

I MIGHT LEAVE THE HEAT BEHIND (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah)

How could you leave it all behind (One Day In Your Life; performing artist: Anastacia)

Girl I swear it's all behind (Never Keeping Secrets; performing artist: Babyface; writing credit: Babyface)

Behind every great man is a great woman, and behind her is his wife. (references; author: Groucho Marx)

Man who run behind car get exhausted. (references; author: unknown)

Odd objects attract fire--never lurk behind one. (references; author: unknown)

Don't attempt to run from the past, it is always behind you. (references; author: unknown)

The horn of plenty is usually the one behind you in traffic! (references; author: unknown)

Behind Closed Doors (2003)

Telecommunications: Behind the Scenes (1972)

Behind the Legend (1972)

Ellery Queen: Don't Look Behind You (1971)

Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean (1965)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture (Music in American Life) (reference)

• Behind Every Champion...: The 1995 Cornhusker Seniors (reference)

• Escape to God: How Our Family Left the Rat Race Behind to Search for Genuine Spirituality and the Simple Life (reference)

• Zora Arkus-Duntov: The Legend Behind Corvette (reference)

• Behind The Wheel Spanish For Your Car / 8 One Hour Audiocassette Tapes / Complete Learning Guide and Tape Script (Cassette) [ABRIDGED] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Behind The News (reference)

• Behind The Scenes (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Left Behind II - Tribulation Force (reference)

• Behind Enemy Lines (reference)

• Left Behind - The Movie (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• All That You Can't Leave Behind (reference)

• Behind the Midway (reference)

• Behind the Music (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines (reference)

• Star Wars: TIE Fighter Collector's Edition with Behind the Magic Module (reference)

• Super Pinball Behind The Mask (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Yard-Man 11AS106D701 Self Starter Walk Behind Mower (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shows photo of Dr. Hans J. Fuchs sitting behind a blood digestion apparatus that detects cancer. Veterinary University of Berlin, Germany in 1931. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Pictured is a laboratory shot of a computer-assisted tomographic (CAT) scanner. Pictured is a technician working at a screen and behind a glass wall. A patient is on a table and being tested by the CAT scanner. The lighting is very subdued. This new technology revolutionized detection of brain tumors. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

CDC dedication crowd shown from behind. The ceremony marked the new location of the CDC on Clifton Road in Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: CDC.

Waterfalls behind Lava Cove, Seguam Island. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Slogging through the snowfields The "country behind Station Twin" Triangulation party of William M. Scaife. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Tree roots exposed because of erosion on the north end of Sapelo's beach. Typical of barrier islands, sand from the north end of Sapelo and Blackbeard is eroded away by ocean currents and deposited at the south end where sand dunes continue to build. The erosion leaves behind trees that were once protected by dunes exposed to the ocean. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge as seen from behind Sandy Point State Park. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Tuna purse seiner is deploying net with assistance of workboat which is seen at far end of net near horizon on upper right of picture. The boat appears as a small rectangle behind a vertical rope. Credit: Fisheries.

Trawlers tied up behind a small barge. Credit: Fisheries.

Barren Island before the planting. The work at Barren Island provided a valuable lesson. Geotubes were placed around the perimeter of the island to form a wave break but they failed and the dredge material was washed away behind the tubes. Wave breaks in the future will be constructed of rock, which is more expensive, but a better alternative. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Law, morality, religion, are to him so many bourgeois prejudices, behind which lurk in ambush just as many bourgeois interests. (reference)

Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But there was no doing any thing, with Mr. Elton fidgeting behind her and watching every touch

My son, it minds me of a day Left half a life behind, That I have prayed to put away For ever from my mind

He was full eighteen minutes and a half behind his time

Your sin is left behind you, in the days long past

Their prosperity scatters its crumbs to those who are behind the scenes, in the shape of nice little promotions

A burly policeman sweated behind him and seemed at every moment about to act.

But leave behind Your son, George Stanley

And at last he moved up the road, shooting the dust ahead of him, making a cloud that hung low to the ground behind him.

Then as to the claws upon your feet before and behind, they are so short and tender, that one of our Yahoos would drive a dozen of yours before him.

Men esteem truth remote, in the outskirts of the system, behind the farthest star, before Adam and after the last man.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Pancreas — A long gland that lies behind the stomach. (references)

Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas, a large gland behind the stomach. (references)

It occurs when new blood vessels behind the retina start to grow toward the macula. (references)

Business

Far behind are China (9.8 percent) and Japan (7.9 percent). (references)

There are, however, economic underpinnings behind these sentiments. (references)

However, BTC is far behind in the provision of high-quality services. (references)

Children

Brazil

The city of Niteroi put in service 10 vans specifically for the use of persons with disabilities, but the supply of this service lagged behind the rising demand. (references)

Guyana

Many children suffer from neglect or abandonment, particularly when from 1 to 2 percent of the adult population emigrates each year, often leaving children behind. (references)

China

However, reality for persons with disabilities lags far behind legal dictates, and many do not receive or have access to special assistance or to programs designed to assist them. (references)

Civil Liberties

Nigeria

Zamfara and Sokoto State officials denied that discrimination was behind the cases cited by CAN. (references)

India

The alleged reason behind the attacks was the pervasive perception that Christians were encouraging conversions of Hindus. (references)

Germany

However, failure to accept voluntary repatriation subjects these refugees to the threat of deportation, forces them to leave their personal property behind, and excludes them from reentering the country for a 5-year period. (references)

Economic History

Bulgaria

Development of broadband service lags behind ISDN. (references)

Brazil

However, some local companies are not being left behind. (references)

Uzbekistan

ExIm's exposure in Uzbekistan is second in the NIS, behind Russia. (references)

Human Rights

Russia

Danilov's trial was ongoing behind closed doors in Krasnoyarsk at year's end. (references)

Indonesia

The seven transmigrants were found shot with their hands tied behind their backs. (references)

Brazil

During the police search, Thomas was wounded fatally when he was shot from behind at close range. (references)

Indigenous People

India

These integrative policies have been motivated partly by humanitarian concerns, although interest in commercial exploitation of virgin forests that are inhabited by tribal people is another strong factor behind these policies. (references)

Minorities

Philippines

Provinces in Mindanao that are predominantly Muslim lag behind the rest of the region in almost all aspects of socioeconomic development. (references)

India

He stated that "There is a conversion motive behind the welfare activities being carried out by some Christian missionaries in the country's backward areas, and it is not proper, although conversion is permissible under the law." During 2000 there were numerous attacks on Christians throughout the country, including a series of attacks in Uttar Pradesh in April 2000 and the bombing of a Christian meeting in Andkha Pradesh in May 2000. The Muslim extremist organization Deendar Anjuman was implicated in the bombing, several of its members were arrest and charged in connection with the incident, and the group was banned on May 3. In June 2000, Vijay Ekka, a witness in the killing earlier that month of a priest in Mathura, died in police custody. (references)

Political Economy

Togo

Economic growth continued to lag behind population growth. (references)

Kenya

This group tends to stay out of politics and to operate behind the scenes. (references)

Pakistan

Female children still lag far behind boys in education, health care, and other social indices. (references)

Political Rights

Nicaragua

The legislation provided for election of the president and the vice president in the first round of voting if one political party wins at least 40 percent of the vote, or if one party wins at least 35 percent of the vote and the party in second place is more than 5 percentage points behind the front-runner. (references)

Trade

Argentina

The lead ECA will provide export credit support for the entire transaction and will coordinate the support of the follower ECA behind the scenes. (references)

Kazakhstan

These high rates are set partly because the rates lag behind falling inflation and partly because the banks are trying to compensate for losses due to bad loans in the past. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Located in Osu behind the Quick Pik supermarket. (references)

Argentina

Argentina is three hours behind Greenwich Mean Time, and two hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Standard Time. (references)

Ghana

Located on Sixth Street in Osu, behind Cantonments Rd. They also sell fresh pasta in their shop next door. (references)

Women

Czech Republic

Women's median wages lag behind those of men by roughly 20 percent, although the gap is narrowing. (references)

Libya

Oil wealth, urbanization, development plans, education programs, and even the impetus behind Qadhafi's revolutionary government have contributed to the creation of new employment opportunities for women. (references)

Worker Rights

Hong Kong

Organized criminal groups generally are behind the illicit activity and seek to profit from it through forced labor, debt bonded labor, or prostitution. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "behind": arch behind a lintel ♦ be behind ♦ be behind one's work ♦ be behind schedule ♦ be behind smb. ♦ be behind the times ♦ be behind time ♦ be behind with ♦ be behind with one's payment ♦ be behind with one's studies ♦ be behind with one's work ♦ be left behind ♦ be wet behind the ears ♦ behind a screen ♦ behind all that ♦ behind bars ♦ behind closed door ♦ behind closed doors ♦ behind each other ♦ behind her ♦ behind him ♦ behind in ♦ behind it ♦ behind me ♦ behind one's back ♦ behind schedule ♦ behind smb.'s back ♦ behind that ♦ behind the age ♦ behind the back ♦ behind the curtain ♦ behind the door ♦ behind the house ♦ behind the scene ♦ behind the scenes ♦ behind the schedule ♦ behind the table ♦ behind the times ♦ behind them ♦ behind time ♦ behind with ♦ cast behind ♦ cast behind one ♦ drag behind ♦ drive behind ♦ drive to close behind ♦ drop behind ♦ duck behind smth. ♦ fall behind ♦ fall behind with ♦ falling behind ♦ far behind ♦ foul from behind ♦ from behind ♦ get behind ♦ get left behind ♦ go behind ♦ go behind a decision ♦ go behind smb.'s words ♦ hang behind ♦ hard behind ♦ hide behind ♦ kick smb.'s behind ♦ lag behind ♦ leave behind ♦ left behind ♦ let go behind ♦ lie behind ♦ limp behind ♦ line up behind ♦ look behind ♦ look behind one ♦ look behind you! ♦ man behind the counter ♦ one behind the other ♦ out from behind ♦ peep behind the curtain ♦ placed behind bars ♦ Pressure behind eyes ♦ pull behind one ♦ put behind ♦ put behind bars ♦ remain behind ♦ ride behind ♦ right behind ♦ run behind ♦ speak ill of behind one's back ♦ stand behind ♦ stay behind ♦ stay behind force ♦ stop behind ♦ talk behind back ♦ the train is behind schedule ♦ To get behind ♦ trail behind ♦ trial behind closed doors ♦ wait behind ♦ walk behind ♦ wet behind the ears ♦ with the hands behind one's back. Additional references.

Beginning with "behind": behind-before, behind-closed-doors, behind-hand, behind-locked-doors, behind-nut, behind-scenes, behind-the, behind-the-arras, behind-the-back, behind-the-bars, behind-the-desk, behind-the-ear, behind-the-scene, behind-the-scenes, behind-the-sheds.

Ending with "behind": caught-behind, stay-behind.

Containing "behind": bending-behind-the-nut, hole-behind-the-eye, laugh-behind-your-hands, look-behind-you, spirit-behind-the, wet-behind-the-ears.

Afrikaans

agterent (back, back part, backside, bottom, buttocks, hind, hind part, rear, rump), agter (aback, after, backwards). (various references)

Albanian

pas (after, against, at, back, beyond, hence, over). (various references)

Arabic 

ورا (after, beyond), ‏في المؤخرة (rearmost, rearward), ‏متأخرا (behind the times, behindhand, tardily), ‏مؤخرة (ass, backside, bum, butt, buttock, in the end, prat, rearward, stern), ‏وراء (after, back, beyond, following), ‏عجيزة (bottom, breech, bum, butt, posterior, rear, slat, tail end), ‏خلف (after, back, backwards, deposit, succeed, successor, supersede, supplant, tiller), ‏إلى الوراء (back). (various references)

Aymara

qhepa. (various references)

Basque

azken (last), atzean (last). (various references)

Bulgarian 

след (after, for, hence, in, on, past), оттатък (across, beyond, over, past, round), отзад (after, at the back, at the rear, from the rear, posteriorly), назад (aback, about, aft, after, astern, back, backward, lunge, rearwards, sternward), зад (after, round), подир (after, afterward, later, than). (various references)

Chinese 

背後 (at the back, behind somebody's back, in the rear), 后面 (BACK, Backs, Hind), 在後 , 後面 (back, rear), 後邊 , 後頭 (at the back, in the rear), 後 (after, afterwards, back, later, rear, sit cross-legged, walk back and forth). (various references)

Croatian

iza. (various references)

Czech

za (across, after, around, at, away, beyond, by, each, for, in, instead of, of, over, past, pending, per, under, unto, within). (various references)

Danish

bagom. (various references)

Dutch

achteraan (at the back, in the rear), achter (after, at the back), aan het einde (at the back, in the rear). (various references)

Esperanto

pugo (bottom, buttocks), post (after), malantaŭe, malantaŭ (after), je la fino (at the back, in the rear). (various references)

Faeroese

reyv (bottom, buttocks), rassur (bottom, buttocks), eftir (according as, according to, after, as, by), dintil (bottom, buttocks), aftanfyri, aftan fyri (after). (various references)

Farsi 

پشتیبان (Backer, Patron, Protector, Second), پشت سر (After, Back), نشیمن گاه , کپل (Butt, Buttock), عقب مانده (Backward, Laggard), عقب تراز, عقب (Abaft, Back, Rear, Tail), اتکاء , دیرتراز, دارای پس افت , بعداز (After, Posterior, Since), باقی کار, باقی دار (Short). (various references)

Finnish

takana (at the back), jälkeen (after). (various references)

French

derrière, cul, croupe. (various references)

Frisian

benefter, efteryn, efter (after). (various references)

German

hinter (abaft, after, beyond, hind, in back of, past, rearward), hinten (aft, afterwards, at the back, at the rear, next, subsequently), hintern (anus, arse, ass, backside, behinds, bottom, bum, bums, butt, buttocks, rear). (various references)

Greek 

καθυστερημένοσ (behindhand, belated, deficient, late, overdue, retarded), όπισθεν (abaft, back, backside, breech, overleaf, rear, reverse, reverse gear), πίσω από (abaft), πίσω (abaft, aft, back). (various references)

Hawaiian

pasi (after), pas (after), mbas (after). (various references)

Hebrew 

מאחור (abaft, astern, from behind, rearwards), לאחור (astern, backward, be late, dally, overstay, rearwards, remain behind, reverse), עכוז (arse, breech, buttock, rump), אחור (back, backside, backward, buttock, posterior, rear, rump, stern). (various references)

Hungarian

mögött (after). (various references)

Indonesian

belakang (back, back off, later), pantat (backside, butt, buttock, posterior, rear). (various references)

Irish

thiar. (various references)

Italian

dietro (aback, after, afterwards, at the back, back, next, rear, round the corner, subsequently), indietro (aback, back, backward, backwards, fro), dopo (after, after that, afterwards, beyond, later, later on, next, past, since, subsequently, then, thereafter). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

後ろ (back, rear). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ビハインド , うしろ (back, rear), こうほう (communique, further information, high mountain, in back, in the rear, information, later or latest report, lofty peak, method of construction, navigation, official bulletin, PR, public law, public relations, publicity, sailing), あと (after, later, mark, rear, remainder, remains, ruins, scar, sign, successor, trace, tracks). (various references)

Korean 

뒤에 (Aft, after, Backward, Backwards). (various references)

Lombard

dopo (after). (various references)

Malay

sesudah (after). (various references)

Manx

thoyn (anus, arse, backside, bottom, bum, buttock, rectum, seat, vent), sheear (in the west, occidental, to the west, west side, westerly, westward), jei (after, afterwards), ergooyl (arrear; backwards, arrears; backwards, astern, back), cooyl (astern, back, reverse), cheu-heear (west side, westward), cheu-chooyl, cheu chooylloo (aback, rearside, rearward). (various references)

Norwegian

bak (after, afterwards, next, subsequently). (various references)

Occitan

darrièr (last). (various references)

Papiamen

tras di (after), patras di (after), patras, atras. (various references)

Pig Latin

ehindbay.(various references)

Polish

za (after, too, too much), potem (after, afterwards, next, subsequently). (various references)

Portuguese

detrás (after), atrás de (after, in the wake of). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

atrás. (various references)

Romanian

dupã (about, according to, after, by, for, from, on, round, to), în urma (after, for), în spatele (after, at the back of). (various references)

Russian 

за (after, at, beyond, during, for, in favor of, in favour of, one for, out, out of, over, past, whereas, while, whilst). (various references)

Scottish

déidh-làimh (afterwards, neglected, too), cùlaobh. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zadnjica (ass, backside, butt, buttocks, fanny, fundament, nates, posterior, rear, rump), tur (rear), posle (after, afterwards, beyond, later on, post, since), natrag (back, backward, backwards), nakon (after), iza (after, back: in back of, beyond, uništenja). (various references)

Somali

dib. (various references)

Spanish

tras (abaft, after, following, rearward), detrás (aback, after, at the back, back, in the rear), atrás (aback, after, at the back, back, backward, backwards, in the rear), detrás de (abaft, after, astern of, back of, in back of). (various references)

Swahili

nyuma, nyuma ya (after). (various references)

Swedish

efter (according as, according to, after, afterwards, along, as, at, by, down, for, from, in, of, on, past, since, to, up), baktill (posteriorly), bakom (after, back of, in the back of), bakefter. (various references)

Tagalog

sa likód ng (after), pagkalipas (after). (various references)

Thai

เหตุการณ์ที่ผ่านมาแล้ว, สนับสนุน (back, bolster, buoy up, favor, favour, for, further, lend to, second, side, sustain), ที่เหลืออยู่, ที่ค้างชำระเงิน, ล้าหลังกว่า, ซ่อนเร้นอยู่ภายใน, ข้างหลัง. (various references)

Turkish

geri (aback, back, backward, backwards, hind, posterior, re-, rear, rearward, rest, retro-, reverse, reversing, slow). (various references)

Turkmen 

yzynda, yzy bilen (following, right after). (various references)

Ukrainian

ззаду (abaft, after, back, baft, down), зад (arse, ass, breech, buttock, croup, fundament, posterior, prat), за (abaft, about, according to, after, around, at, beyond, by, in favor of, in favour of, off, on, out, outside, per, to, with, within, without), після (after, baft, following, next, on), позаду (aback, abaft, after, back). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trễ (tardy), sau (after, hind, next, retral), ở đằng sau chậm. (various references)

Welsh

yn o+l (aback, according to, after, ago, backward), wedi (after, afterwards), tu o+l, tu cefn, ar o+l (after, left), ar ôl (after). (various references)

Yucatec

u bak'el it (backside, bottom, buttocks, rump). (various references)

Zulu

emva kwa- (after), emuva (afterwards, next, subsequently). (various references)

assub, aversa, aversae, aversi, aversum, aversus, pone, post, post tergum, posterior, retro, secundum, sub. (various references)

apâxedhraêibyô, paskât, pasne. (various references)

ariere. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "behind": behindhand, behinds. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Behind" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bahian, bahind, bahnd, Bahnini, Baindu, Bakhim, Beahan, befind, behan, Behidi, behine, behing, behiund, behond, Beihon, beind, belind, Berhanu, beyind, Bheim, bhindi, bidind, bihand, bihynde, Birhindwa, Bohaine, Bwciod. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: bend, bide, bind, bine, deni, dine, hide, hied, hind, nide.

-3 letters: bed, ben, bid, bin, deb, den, dib, die, din, edh, end, hen, hid, hie, hin, neb, nib.

-4 letters: be, bi, de, ed, eh, en, he, hi, id, in, ne.

+1 letter: behinds.

+2 letters: banished.

+3 letters: beheading, beholding, benighted, burnished, hidebound, hobnailed, inhabited, inhibited.

+4 letters: bedighting, beheadings, behindhand, beknighted, blandished, blandisher, blandishes, bounderish, brandished, brandishes, brightened, debauching, debouching, hibernated, highbinder, inbreathed, neighbored, subheading.

+5 letters: bedrenching, benightedly, beshadowing, beshrouding, blandishers, blindfishes, brainwashed, doublethink, harbingered, harebrained, highbinders, hornblendic, husbandries, neighboured, pitchblende, reinhabited, subheadings, thunderbird, unblemished, uninhabited, uninhibited, unpublished.