Adjective: behind
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
Perifrastic
| Comparative | more behind |
| Superlative | most behind |
Sample Sentences
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I'm very behind in my schedule.
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My employer is two paychecks behind on paying my salary.
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My watch is behind by four minutes.
Adjectives inflected like behind
shining,
zealous,
nervous,
complex,
uncertain,
important,
conceited,
behind,
illegal,
honest,
dangerous,
Etymology
From Middle English behinde, behinden, from Old English behindan (“on the back side of, behind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihindan, *bihindini (“on the back side of, in the rear of, behind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bi- + *hindō (“the hind side, back part”), equivalent to be- + hind. Compare Old Saxon bihindan (“behind”, adverb), Middle High German behinter (“behind; back”).