back

/bæk/

nounverbadjectiveadverbback

Think: a "B"at and a "ACK!"—if it hits your BACK, you yell “ACK!”

Yes, it's back. The vowel is short a: b + a + ck ("ck" often follows a short vowel in one-syllable words).

Definitions

  1. nounthe rear part of the body from the neck to the hips
  2. nounthe rear side of something; the part that is behind
  3. verbto support or help someone or something succeed
  4. verbto move backward; to reverse
  5. adjectivelocated at the rear; behind
  6. adverbto or toward the rear; to an earlier place or time

Examples

  • “She carried the backpack on her back.”
  • “Please back the car out of the driveway slowly.”
  • “We walked back to the park after dinner.”

Synonyms

rearbehindsupportreturnreverse

Antonyms

frontadvance

Translations

ES espalda; atrás; respaldarPT costas; atrás; apoiarFR dos; arrière; soutenir

Common misspellings

bakbacbckbaackbackkbaccbäckba ck

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