noun
- The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
- usage: "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing"
adjective
- Having the lower score or lagging position in a contest.
- usage: "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing"
adverb
- In or to or toward the rear.
- usage: "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind"
- Remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from.
- usage: "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind"
- Of timepieces.
- usage: "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"
- synonyms: slow
- In or into an inferior position.
- usage: "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers"
- In debt.
- usage: "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills"
- synonyms: behindhand, in arrears
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