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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/bɪˈhaɪnd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/bɪˈhaɪnd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bi hīnd)

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behind
used as a preposition
If you are behind something, you are at the back of it.
They parked the motorcycle some bushes.
Just the cottage there was a shed.
Be careful
Don't use ‘of’ after behind. Don't say, for example, ‘They parked the motorcycle behind of some bushes’.
If a project is behind schedule, it is completed later than planned or expected.
The project is several months .
used as an adverb
Behind can also be an adverb.
The other police officers followed .
Several customers have fallen behind with their payments.
'behind' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Forum discussions with the word(s) "behind" in the title:

''Behind with'' Vs ''up to date with'' - English Only forum
'Care rides behind me' was the only clue for 'equitem' - English Only forum
'get one's weight behind' the blow - English Only forum
'hide behind a corkscrew' - English Only forum
‘Think of it as human writing with a behind-the-scenes assist from AI’ - English Only forum
“couldn’t <forget><have forgotten> the person behind it all” - English Only forum
“She's always doing things behind the scenes,” - English Only forum
[From behind one pillar] I could peep round quietly at the full front of the mansion - English Only forum
[there's cops] right behind us - English Only forum
1 kilometer <ahead><behind><forward><back> - English Only forum
100 km of road are behind or is behind? - English Only forum
a bit ahead in one place and falling a little behind somewhere else - English Only forum
A board placed behind a piece of paper for approval - English Only forum
a breast behind everybody else - English Only forum
A bus that STANDS behind the tram? - English Only forum
A cord wound behind his eyes - English Only forum
a DAY ahead/behind - English Only forum
a factor behind/of - English Only forum
a few steps behind him - English Only forum
a gap behind it that they can run the pipes through from the mains - English Only forum
a garden both in front of and behind the home - English Only forum
a grin with a body behind it - English Only forum
A hard head makes a soft behind! - English Only forum
A Honda was parked behind me, boxing me in - English Only forum
a kilo behind us in traffic - English Only forum
A kitten behind me, observed - English Only forum
a later time / time behind itself - English Only forum
a little behind the rest of the field. - English Only forum
a little smack on the behind. - English Only forum
a little way behind - English Only forum
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