Definition for Behind

behind, adv. [OE bi- + hindan 'direction from'.] (webplay: back, beyond, death, departure, distant, evidence, excellence, forgetting, hill, inferior, house, leaves, left, look, note, past, servant, side, sight, time, tree).

  1. Belated; delayed; overdue; tardy; too late.
  2. Remaining; lingering; not taken with; (see 1 Samuel 30:9).
  3. Backward; back in time; to the former direction; (see Genesis 19:17, 19:26).
  4. Yesterday; (see Psalms 139:5).
  5. Back in place; in a posterior position.
  6. Prior; previous; complete; finished; in the past.
  7. Away; to rest; out of sight.
  8. Visible to the rear.
  9. Lagging; trailing; delayed in position.
  10. Phrase. “Leave behind”: abandon; forsake.

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