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[ US /ˈbæk/ ]
[ UK /bˈæk/ ]

NOUN

(American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
the part of a garment that covers the back of your body
they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back
the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine
his back was nicely tanned
the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
the book had a leather binding
the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
it was hidden in the rear of the store
he stood at the back of the stage
the side that goes last or is not normally seen
he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
(football) a person who plays in the backfield
a support that you can lean against while sitting
the back of the dental chair was adjustable
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
the fall broke his back

VERB

support financial backing for
back this enterprise
place a bet on
I'm betting on the new horse
Which horse are you backing?
shift to a counterclockwise direction
the wind backed
be in back of
My garage backs their yard
be behind; approve of
He plumped for the Labor Party
I backed Kennedy in 1960
give support or one's approval to
I'll second that motion
I can't back this plan
endorse a new project
travel backward
back into the driveway
The car backed up and hit the tree
strengthen by providing with a back or backing
cause to travel backward
back the car into the parking spot
establish as valid or genuine
Can you back up your claims?

ADVERB

in repayment or retaliation
I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher
he hit me and I hit him back
we paid back everything we had borrowed
in or to or toward a former location
she went back to her parents' house
in reply
he wrote back three days later
in or to or toward a past time
set the clocks back an hour
never look back
lovers of the past looking fondly backward
at or to or toward the back or rear
he moved back
tripped when he stepped backward
she looked rearward out the window of the car
in or to or toward an original condition
he went back to sleep

ADJECTIVE

of an earlier date
back issues of the magazine
related to or located at the back
the back yard
the back entrance
located at or near the back of an animal
back (or hind) legs
the hinder part of a carcass

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How To Use back In A Sentence

Jeff, clad in board trunks and a T-shirt, leans back in his chair with the lappie on his, uhhh, lap, and his bare feet up on the desk. Savages
It would almost be better to have no backbench bills at all than the current system, which offers a false glimmer of hope. Times, Sunday Times
Some were members of Turkey's elite military class known as "pashas," a title of respect harking back to Ottoman military commanders Monday for allegedly planning to blow up mosques in order to trigger a military takeover and overthrow the WN.com - Photown News
The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe.
I chatter with enthusiasm whilst knobs of butter slide off the fishes' backs and sizzle to blister bubbles.
Rows of brick garden apartments all backed onto a massive common garden: a shared backyard for children to play, dogs to gambol, and families to eat picnics together. Day of Honey
The right back found himself in unfamiliar territory in the opposing penalty area after a swift exchange of passes that opened up Reading's defence. Times, Sunday Times
But they want it knocked back into a field of muck and dirt. Times, Sunday Times
The recoil from the shot blew James onto his back, unconscious once again.
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