Back - English meaning

adverb

To or at a distance from a particular place, person, or thing.

Usage examples:

She landed badly, and crawled away

adjective

(of a sports fixture) played at the opponents' ground.

Usage examples:

Tomorrow night's away game at leicester

noun

An away match or win.

Usage examples:

It certainly will prove a stark contrast to recent league aways the hatters have enjoyed at the lik…

phrasal verb

Move backwards from a certain position

phrasal verb

To stop being involved in a situation, usually in order to allow other people to deal with it themselves

Usage examples:

She started to criticize me, then she suddenly backed off., just back off and let us do this on our…

verb

Retrace one's steps.

Usage examples:

Marilyn backtracked and went down into the basement

verb

To go back the same way you came, or to consider information again

Usage examples:

We need to backtrack a bit and examine the history of this problem., the government backtracked on …

adverb

(of a movement) in the direction of one's back.

Usage examples:

Penny glanced backwards

noun

A roll of banknotes.

Usage examples:

After showing them his gun, he throws them a large bankroll of cash and invites them to come work f…

verb

Support (a person, organization, or project) financially.

Usage examples:

The project is bankrolled by wealthy expatriates

noun

The money that a person or organization possesses

Usage examples:

More than half of his bankroll during the election campaign came from texas., this was a joint prog…

verb

Make a sudden flinching movement out of fear or pain.

Usage examples:

He blenched and struggled to regain his composure

verb

Crouch down in fear.

Usage examples:

Children cowered in terror as the shoot-out erupted

adjective

On or relating to the upper side or back of an animal, plant, or organ.

Usage examples:

A dorsal view of the body

adjective

Of, on, or near the back of an animal

Usage examples:

A shark's dorsal fin

adjective

Happening or done before the usual or expected time.

Usage examples:

We ate an early lunch

adverb

Before the usual or expected time.

Usage examples:

I was planning to finish work early today

noun

Potatoes which are ready to be harvested before the main crop.

Usage examples:

The versatile early potato solanum tuberosum has many varieties, which have their own distinct seas…

noun

A final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a story.

Usage examples:

The end of the year

verb

Come or bring to a final point; finish.

Usage examples:

When the war ended, policy changed

suffix

Denoting a person or thing to be treated in a specified way.

Usage examples:

Dividend

noun

The management of large amounts of money, especially by governments or large companies.

Usage examples:

The firm's finance department

verb

Provide funding for (a person or enterprise).

Usage examples:

The health service is financed almost entirely by the taxpayer

verb

The commercial activity of providing funds and capital

adjective

Having previously been a particular thing.

Usage examples:

Her former boyfriend

noun

A person or thing that forms something.

Usage examples:

An opinion-former

adjective

Of an earlier time, but not now

Usage examples:

The former president lives on his ranch., of the two suggestions, i prefer the former.

noun

A sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

He had set up a fund to coordinate economic investment

verb

Provide with money for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

The world bank refused to fund the project

noun

A sum of money saved and made available for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

A scholarship fund for college students, the company’s pension fund, he plans to donate money to fu…

adjective

(especially of a bodily part) situated at the back; posterior.

Usage examples:

A hind leg

noun

A female deer, especially a red deer or sika in and after the third year.

Usage examples:

Our second visit was a success and as we got closer to the farm we saw a group of hinds and deer gr…

noun

A skilled farm worker, typically married and with a tied cottage.

adjective

Furthest back.

Usage examples:

The hindmost attendant

adverb

Away from the place in question; to or at a distance.

Usage examples:

The man ran off

preposition

Moving away and often down from.

Usage examples:

He rolled off the bed

adjective

Characterized by performing or feeling worse than usual; unsatisfactory or inadequate.

Usage examples:

Even the greatest athletes have off days

adjective

Having lived for a long time; no longer young.

Usage examples:

The old man lay propped up on cushions

Having lived for a long time or attained a specific age

adjective

Gone by in time and no longer existing.

Usage examples:

The danger is now past

noun

The time before the moment of speaking or writing.

Usage examples:

She found it hard to make ends meet in the past

preposition

To or on the further side of.

Usage examples:

He rode on past the crossroads

adjective

Further back in position; of or nearer the rear or hind end.

Usage examples:

The posterior part of the gut

noun

A person's buttocks.

Usage examples:

But if things do fall apart completely, we appear to be fortuitously well prepared for a descent in…

adjective

Existing or occurring before in time or order.

Usage examples:

She looked tired after her exertions of the previous evening

noun

Previous convictions; a criminal record.

Usage examples:

He's got previous—theft and wounding

adjective

Happening or existing before the one mentioned

Usage examples:

The previous owner of the house added a back porch., she was previously employed as a tour guide.

verb

Support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of.

Usage examples:

Some regulation is still required to promote competition

verb

Assign to a higher position

verb

To advertise something in order to sell it

Usage examples:

The new model cars are being heavily promoted on television., a new campaign has been launched to p…

noun

A small short-tailed old world game bird resembling a tiny partridge, typically having brown camouflaged plumage.

Usage examples:

Birds such as grouse, crows, quail, partridge, nightjars, cuckoos, shrikes, larks, pipits, merlins,…

verb

Feel or show fear or apprehension.

Usage examples:

She quailed at his heartless words

noun

A small brown bird with a short tail, sometimes hunted as a sport and eaten as a food

verb

(especially of the earth) shake or tremble.

Usage examples:

The rumbling vibrations set the whole valley quaking

noun

An earthquake.

Usage examples:

A big quake east of the rocky mountains

verb

To shake, esp. because you are frightened

Usage examples:

He quaked with fear at the thought.

noun

The back part of something, especially a building or vehicle.

Usage examples:

The kitchen door at the rear of the house

adjective

At the back.

Usage examples:

The car's rear window

verb

Bring up and care for (a child) until they are fully grown.

Usage examples:

Nigel was born and reared in bath

adjective

Furthest back.

Usage examples:

The rearmost door

adjective

Furthest to the back or the last in a row

Usage examples:

The rearmost seats on the bus

adverb

Towards the back.

Usage examples:

The engine nozzles point rearward

adjective

Directed towards the back.

Usage examples:

A slight rearward movement

noun

The part or position at the back of something.

Usage examples:

It would occupy its position in the advance, not in the rearward of the times

verb

(of an army) withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat.

Usage examples:

The french retreated in disarray

noun

An act of moving back or withdrawing.

Usage examples:

A speedy retreat

verb

The act of withdrawing or going backward

verb

Move backwards.

Usage examples:

The lorry reversed into the back of a bus

adjective

Going in or turned towards the direction opposite to that previously stated.

Usage examples:

The trend appears to be going in the reverse direction

noun

A complete change of direction or action.

Usage examples:

The gall actuates a reverse of photosynthesis

noun

A person or organization that pays for or contributes to the costs involved in staging a sporting or artistic event in return for advertising.

Usage examples:

The production cost £50,000, most coming from local sponsors

verb

Provide funds for (a project or activity or the person carrying it out).

Usage examples:

Joe is being sponsored by a government training scheme

verb

To support a person, organization, or activity by giving money, encouragement, or other help

Usage examples:

The rotary club sponsors little league baseball in the summer., corporate sponsors support many pub…

noun

A strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a plant, form part of a fence, mark a boundary, etc.

Usage examples:

A row of more than 15 bricks, pieces of concrete, metal poles, wooden stakes and a traffic cone wer…

verb

A territorial division of the mormon church under the jurisdiction of a president.

verb

Gamble (money or something else of value) on the outcome of a game or race.

Usage examples:

One gambler staked everything he'd got and lost

phrasal verb

Mentally withdraw from a situation in order to consider it objectively.

Usage examples:

I have had to step back and take an honest look at my way of working

phrasal verb

To stop being involved in something

Usage examples:

We need to step back and look at all our options.

adjective

(of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline.

Usage examples:

A smile transformed his stern face

noun

The rearmost part of a ship or boat.

Usage examples:

He stood at the stern of the yacht

adjective

Severe

Usage examples:

Sterner punishment may produce better behavior, but i doubt it., he sternly reminded his son to dri…

verb

Support (an organization or activity) financially.

Usage examples:

The mining industry continues to be subsidized

verb

To pay part of the cost of something

Usage examples:

Taxpayers shouldn’t subsidize a golf course., the tenants live in federally subsidized apartments.

verb

To give money to a person or an organization in order to pay part of the cost of something that they do or make

Usage examples:

Be subsidized by sb/sth the uninsured often seek emergency care at hospitals, which is eventually s…

verb

Bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

Usage examples:

The dome was supported by a hundred white columns

noun

A thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright.

Usage examples:

The best support for a camera is a tripod

verb

The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

noun

The hindmost part of an animal, especially when prolonged beyond the rest of the body, such as the flexible extension of the backbone in a vertebrate, the feathers at the hind end of a bird, or a terminal appendage in an insect.

Usage examples:

The dog's tail began to wag frantically

verb

Follow and observe (someone) closely, especially in secret.

Usage examples:

A flock of paparazzi had tailed them all over london

noun

Limitation of ownership, especially of an estate or title limited to a person and their direct descendants.

Usage examples:

The land was held in tail general

verb

Sign and accept liability under (an insurance policy), thus guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs.

Usage examples:

The policy, underwritten at lloyd's, indemnifies trustees against loss arising from wrongful acts

verb

To support something that costs money by promising to pay for it, or by promising to pay if necessary to protect others who are risking their money

Usage examples:

The museum show was largely underwritten by a grant from the government of sweden.

verb

To give an activity financial support and take responsibility for paying any costs if it fails

Usage examples:

He underwrote a friend's development company in new york., many businesses have underwritten the ev…

verb

Remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

Ruth withdrew her hand from his

verb

Pull back or move away or backward

verb

To take something back, or to remove something

Usage examples:

[ t ] he asked that his name be withdrawn from nomination for a golden globe award., [ t ] democrat…