behind Definition

behind
prep

1. At or towards the back or the far side of something or someone.

Example: hiding behind the hedge
2. Later or slower than something; after in time.

Example: behind schedule
3. Supporting.

Example: We're all behind you
4. In the past with respect to someone or something.

Example: Those problems are all behind me now
5. Not as far advanced as someone or something.

Example: Technologically, they are behind the Japanese
6. Being the cause or precursor of something.

Example: reasons behind the decision

adverb

1. In or to the back or far side of something or someone.

Thesaurus: back, in the back, to the rear, backward, astern; Antonym: ahead, forward.
2. Remaining; in a place, etc that is or was being left or departed from.

Example: Wait behind after class
Example: I left something behind
3. Following.

Example: drove off, with the dog running behind
4. In or into arrears.

Example: fell behind with the rent

adj

1. Not having progressed enough; slow or late.

Example: behind with the payments
Example: I got behind with my work
Thesaurus: late, slow, tardy, dilatory, sluggish, retarded, belated, laggard, delayed, backward, underdeveloped; Antonym: rapid, fast.

noun

1. colloq
The part of the body a person sits on; the buttocks.
Thesaurus: backside, rear end, rump, buttocks, butt (US slang), derrière.
2. In Australian Rules football: a kick that scores one point, usually one in which the ball passes between a goal post and a behind post.

Idiom: behind someone's back

Without their knowledge or permission.
Thesaurus: secretively, covertly, slyly.

Idiom: behind time

Late.

Idiom: behind the times

Out of date; old-fashioned.

Idiom: put something behind one

To try to forget (something unpleasant).

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon behindan.