behind

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But as the math grew in complexity, I fell behind.

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Quick take

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of behind gathered in one view.

noun

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

adjective

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

adverb

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for behind.

noun

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

adjective

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

adverb

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"

adverb

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"

adverb

of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"

adverb

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

adverb

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"

Example sentences

But as the math grew in complexity, I fell behind.

But he's putting his own reputation behind AirBnb, and AirBnb is lying.

This is referred to as "swearing behind" the Hillis patent's filing date [3].

Sit back, pick technology a couple of steps behind the bleeding edge, and focus on results.

But the Apple inventors' filing date is January 2007; swearing behind that far would be a real challenge.

It would be good if PG provided a guideline whether submissions behind login walls are accepted or not.

Much like in the concert auditions where this was first tried, put people behind a curtain--and then use technology to change their voices so every voice sounds the same.

And regardless of how well the name of the man behind _why is or isnt known, I also disapprove of repeating it in the article, it was not necessary to the story at all.

Ask them about their experiences, their frustrations, their decisions behind purchasing specific equipment and downloading particular apps.

The President clarifies that--despite much of what campaign rhetoric made people believe he thought--his concern is not whether we should be enacting these intelligence gathering programs that target everyone and attempt to hide behind policy rules, not laws.

The defining characteristic of the Sociopaths elite is 'the basic heads-I-win-tails-you-lose pattern behind all Sociopath machinations.