| behind | (adj) having the lower score or lagging position in a contest, Example: behind by two points; the 8th inning found the home team trailing |
| behind | (adv) in or to or toward the rear, Example: he followed behind; seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front; the final runners were far behind |
| behind | (adv) remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from, Example: 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 |
| behind | (adv) of timepieces, Syn. slow, Example: the clock is almost an hour slow; my watch is running behind |
| behind | (adv) in or into an inferior position, Example: fell behind in his studies; their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers |
| behind | (adv) in debt, Syn. behindhand, in arrears, Example: 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 |
| behindhand | (adj) behind schedule, Example: was behindhand with the rent |
| Behind | prep. [ AS. behindan; pref. be- + hindan. See Hind, a. ] A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ] A small part of what he left behind him. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 2 Cor. xi. 5. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Behind | adv. We can not be sure that there is no evidence behind. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] Forgetting those things which are behind. Phil. ii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ] Leave not a rack behind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Behind | n. The backside; the rump. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Behindhand | adv. & a. [ Behind + hand. ] [ 1913 Webster ] In this also [ dress ] the country are very much behindhand. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] |