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- [bak]
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- /bæk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bak]
- /bæk/
Definitions of back word
- adverb back If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before. 3
- adverb back If you go back somewhere, you return to where you were before. 3
- adverb back If someone or something is back in a particular state, they were in that state before and are now in it again. 3
- adverb back If you give or put something back, you return it to the person who had it or to the place where it was before you took it. If you get or take something back, you then have it again after not having it for a while. 3
- adverb back If you put a clock or watch back, you change the time shown on it so that it shows an earlier time, for example when the time changes to winter time or standard time. 3
- adverb back If you write or call back, you write to or telephone someone after they have written to or telephoned you. If you look back at someone, you look at them after they have started looking at you. 3
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Origin of back
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English bak, Old English bæc back of the body; cognate with Old Frisian bek, Old Saxon, Old Norse bak; perhaps < Indo-European *bhogo- bending; cf. bacon
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Back
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
back popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
back usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for back
adj back
- backward — A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
- behind — If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
- rearward — Also, rearwards. toward or in the rear.
- posterior — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- tail — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
noun back
- reverse — opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
- backside — Your backside is the part of your body that you sit on.
- stern — rear of boat
- tail end — the hinder or rear part of anything.
- tailpiece — a piece added at the end; an end piece or appendage.
verb back
- assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- finance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- uphold — to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
- advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
- favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
general back
- no longer — not anymore
adjective back
preposition back
- to — (used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing approached and reached, as opposed to from): They came to the house.
Antonyms for back
adj back
- front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
- preceding — that precedes; previous: Refer back to the footnote on the preceding page.
- future — time that is to be or come hereafter.
- first — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
verb back
- hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
- protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
adverb back
- forward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
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