Usually means: At the back of something.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. behind: Merriam-Webster
  2. behind: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. behind: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. behind: Collins English Dictionary
  5. behind: Vocabulary.com
  6. Behind, behind, behind: Wordnik
  7. behind: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. behind: Wiktionary
  9. behind: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. behind: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. behind: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Behind, behind: Dictionary.com
  13. behind: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. behind: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Behind (Flanders song), Behind (song), Behind: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Behind: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. behind: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. behind: Rhymezone
  19. behind: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. behind: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. behind: FreeDictionary.org
  22. behind: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. behind: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. behind: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. behind: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. behind: Legal dictionary
  4. Behind: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. behind: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. behind: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. behind, behind, behind: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. behind: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Behind: Dan's Poker
  2. Behind: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adverb:  At or in the rear or back part of something.
adverb:  In a rearward direction.
adverb:  So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
adverb:  So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
adverb:  Backward in time or order of succession; past.
adverb:  Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
adverb:  (archaic) Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
adjective:  Not advanced to the required or expected degree; overdue or in arrears.
adjective:  (of a watch or clock) Slow.
noun:  The rear, back-end.
noun:  (informal) The buttocks, bottom, butt.
noun:  (Australian rules football) A one-point score.
noun:  (baseball, slang, 1800s) The catcher.
noun:  In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).

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