English-French translations for behind

• derrière
  Qu’est-ce qui se cache derrière ce dumping? What lies behind this dumping?
  Pourquoi se cacher derrière la Commission? Why hide behind the Commission?
  Des personnes bien réelles se cachent derrière. There are real people behind it.
• postérieur
• arrière-train
• panier
• train
  L’Europe de la médecine régénérative est en train de se décrocher par rapport aux États-Unis et l’Asie. Regenerative medicine in Europe is beginning to lag behind the US and Asia.
  Aujourd’hui, les témoins directs de cette époque terrible de l’histoire continentale sont en train de disparaître. Today, the first-hand witnesses of this dreadful period of European history are leaving this world behind.
  Les régions qui s’en tirent le moins bien sont les plus arriérées, typiquement rurales, qui sont en train de se faire distancer virtuellement sous nos yeux. The worst-off are the most backward, typically rural regions that are falling behind virtually in front of our eyes.
• après
  Vous devez remonter la pente rapidement après être tombés si bas. You have to catch up quickly now after falling so far behind.
  Après tout, ce sont des idées passionnantes qui sont à la base de la naissance du changement social. After all, it is exciting ideas that lie behind at the birth of social change.
  M. Ferri est absent cet après-midi et ne peut rester pour présenter son rapport. Mr Ferri is absent this afternoon and cannot stay behind to present his report.
• cul
• en arrière de
• pétard
• revers

Definition of behind

• At the back of; positioned with something else in front of
• To the back of.
• responsible for
• In support of
• Left a distance by, in progress or improvement; inferior to
• As a result or consequence of
• At the back part; in the rear.
• Toward the back part or rear; backward
• Overdue, in arrears
• Slow; of a watch or clock
• existing afterwards
• Backward in time or order of succession; past
• Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage
• Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining
• the rear, back-end
• A one-point score
• The catcher

Examples

• The car is behind the wall
• Who is behind these terrorist attacks?
• The republicans are fully behind their candidate
• Im ranked sixth in the French class, behind five other pupils
• to look behind
• My employer is two paychecks behind on paying my salary
• Im two weeks behind in my schedule
• My watch is four minutes behind
• He left behind a legacy of death and sorrow
• He stayed behind after the war

Related words

• behindhand
• therebehind
• behind someone's back
• behind closed doors
• behind the scenes
• behind somebody's back
• behind bars
• behind the wheel
• behind its time