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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
behind
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on (Freq. 1)
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
• Syn:
buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside,
bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end,
keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump,
stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush,
bottom, derriere, fanny, ass
• Derivationally related forms:
posterior (for: posterior)
• Hypernyms:
body part
• Part Holonyms:
torso, trunk, body
having the lower score or lagging position in a contest (Freq. 1)
- behind by two points
- the 8th inning found the home team trailing
• Similar to:
down
1. in or to or toward the rear (Freq. 13)
- he followed behind
- seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front
- the final runners were far behind
2. remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from (Freq. 3)
- 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
3. of timepieces
- the clock is almost an hour slow
- my watch is running behind
• Syn:
slow
4. in or into an inferior position
- fell behind in his studies
- their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers
5. 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
• Syn:
behindhand, in arrears
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