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Definition of Behind
Behind

On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.

Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death.

Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement.

At the back part; in the rear.

Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.

Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.

Backward in time or order of succession; past.

After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.

The backside; the rump.

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Behind Quotations

I say what I think, and I stand behind what I say.
Gwyneth Paltrow

The best years are behind me.
Josh Schwartz

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.
William Wordsworth

It wasn't the way I looked at a man, it was the thought behind it.
Gloria Grahame

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.
George Edward Moore

Behind Translations

behind in Afrikaans is agterent, agter
behind in Danish is bagom
behind in Dutch is aan het einde, achteraan
behind in German is hinten, dahinter, Hintern, hinter, hinter, hinten
behind in Italian is indietro, dietro
behind in Latin is secundum, post
behind in Norwegian is bak
behind in Swedish is bakefter, bakom, baktill, efter

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