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• BehindDefinition & Meaning in English

(adv.) Backward in time or order of succession; past.
(adv.) Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
(adv.) At the back part; in the rear.
(a.) On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.
(n.) The backside; the rump.
(a.) Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death.
(a.) Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement.
(adv.) After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.
(adv.) Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.

• BehindhandDefinition & Meaning in English

(adv. & a.) In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.
(adv. & a.) In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work.