behind

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/bɪˈhaɪnd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/bɪˈhaɪnd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bi hīnd)

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behind
used as a preposition
If you are behind something, you are at the back of it.
They parked the motorcycle behind some bushes.
Just behind the cottage there was a shed.
Be careful
Don't use ‘of’ after behind. Don't say, for example, ‘They parked the motorcycle behind of some bushes’.
If a project is behind schedule, it is completed later than planned or expected.
The project is several months behind schedule.
used as an adverb
Behind can also be an adverb.
The other police officers followed behind.
Several customers have fallen behind with their payments.
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