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# behind

«behind» in Mova's school dictionary: **at the back of something: «behind the tree»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

preposition, adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Behind means at the back of something: «behind the tree». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behind/#m1)

2) Behind means after someone in a line or a race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behind/#m2)

3) Behind can mean late or slower than others: «behind with homework». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behind/#m3)

4) Behind can mean left in a place: «I left my bag behind». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behind/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

after someone in a line: in a line of N, the Kth from the front has N − K people behind; in a race, a runner behind is losing; phrases: «behind you», «left behind», «fall behind», «behind the scenes»

### examples

- How many people are behind her? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behind/#x1)
- Ben stands behind 5 children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behind/#x2)
- 7 runners are behind Zoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behind/#x3)
- The cat is hiding behind the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behind/#x4)
- Our team was 2 goals behind at half-time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behind/#x5)
- I left my coat behind at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behind/#x6)
- Don't fall behind with your reading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behind/#x7)
- The sun went behind a cloud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behind/#x8)
- The Fiddler hid behind the stove-pipe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behind/#x9)

### note

In a line of N, the Kth from the front has N − K people behind. Trap: «behind 5 children» makes Ben the 6th. «behind» is the opposite of «in front of».

### In the corpora

- [On a motorway, after a breakdown everyone gets out and waits behind the barrier, away from the traffic.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/8/)
- [Behind a funny line about someone there may be a sad story, like old pets that died.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/23/)
- [And behind every story is a real person who may read it too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo/7/)
- [If you would not say it to their face, don't say it behind their back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/49-how-to-handle-gossip/14/)
- [Jungle and survival shows have doctors, crews and safety rules behind the camera, even when the people look all alone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/54-reality-tv-what-is-staged-and-what-is-real/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «behind» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behind/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.