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Definition: Backbench |
BackbenchNoun1. Any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons of Great Britain. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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| "Backbench" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.36% of the time. "Backbench" is used about 110 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.36% | 106 | 31,637 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.82% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.82% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 110 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "backbench"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | zadní sedadla. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ackbenchbay.(various references) | |
Thai | ที่นั่งของสมาชิกรัฐส า (ที่ไม่ใช่รัฐมนตรีหรือตำแหน่งสำคัญ). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "backbench": backbencher, backbenchers, backbenches. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-c-c-e-h-k-n" | |
-3 letters: chance. | |
-4 letters: beach, bench, cache, check, hacek, hance, kebab, kench. | |
-5 letters: abbe, ache, acne, ankh, babe, bach, back, bake, bane, bank, beak, bean, beck, cake, cane, ceca, each, hack, haen, hake, hank, heck, kane, khan, nabe, neck. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-c-c-e-h-k-n" | |
+2 letters: backbencher, backbenches. | |
+3 letters: backbenchers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 63 6B 62 65 6E 63 68 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- -.-. -.- -... . -. -.-. .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01100011 01101011 01100010 01100101 01101110 01100011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a c k b e n c h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0063 006B 0062 0065 006E 0063 0068 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)366769776871806974 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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