behind meaning
EN
[bɪˈhaɪnd] [bəˈhaɪnd] [ˈbiːˌhaɪnd] 
US UK - NounPLbehindsPREbe-
- AdverbCOMmore behindSUPmost behind
- At the back part; in the rear. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?).
- Toward the back part or rear; backward.
- to look behind
- Overdue, in arrears.
- My employer is two paychecks behind on paying my salary.
- I'm two weeks behind in my schedule.
- Slow; of a watch or clock.
- My watch is four minutes behind.
- existing afterwards.
- He left behind a legacy of death and sorrow.
- He stayed behind after the war.
- Backward in time or order of succession; past.
- Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
- (archaic) Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
- At the back part; in the rear. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?).
- Preposition
- At the back of; positioned with something else in front of.
- The car is behind the wall.
- To the back of. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?).
- After, time- or motion-wise.
- Responsible for.
- In support of.
- The republicans are fully behind their candidate.
- Left a distance by, in progress or improvement; inferior to.
- I'm ranked sixth in the French class, behind five other pupils.
- At the back of; positioned with something else in front of.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, ISBN 0679744398, page 30 : Rawlins was trying to get his soogan tied on behind the saddle.
- Libya's opening home match in the World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon will be played at a neutral venue and behind closed doors, FIFA said on Friday. [1]
- Whenever you decide to draw to a gut-shot straight, you need to be sure that the pot will not be raised behind you.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Behind this lay the recognition that Italy could only afford 'an exiguous number' of the supercolossi that Japan and America were proposing to build[.]
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of behind in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adverbs
- Morphemes
- Prefixes
- Words by prefix
- Words prefixed with be-
- Words prefixed with be-
- Words by prefix
- Prefixes
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Prepositions
- Adverbs
- en behinds
- en behinde
- en behindhand
- en behindness
- en behind time
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "behind" is an adverb. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a prefixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a preposition.