- 1located behind or at the back of something We were sitting in the back row. back teeth a back room (= one at the back of a building) the back page of a newspaper compare front
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from past - 2of or from a past time a back issue of the magazine
- 3owed for a time in the past back pay/taxes/rent phonetics
- 4(of a vowel) produced with the back of the tongue in a higher position than the front, for example/ɑ/ in English compare central, front Idioms
away from front
(of an idea, a plan, etc.) left for the present time, to be done or considered later see back-burner, on the front burner
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