Слово англійською: back
Дієслово
Переклад back українською: відступати, закріпляти, їхати верхи, носити на спині, субсидувати, підтримувати
Детальний опис
support
- [transitive] back somebody/something to encourage somebody or give them help; to give financial support to somebody/something
- Her parents backed her in her choice of career.
- The project to improve healthcare is backed (= given financial support) by the government.
- [transitive] back somebody/something to support and agree with somebody/something
- Local residents are enthusiastically backing the campaign to save the library.
- Doctors have backed plans to raise the tax on alcohol.
- He has publicly backed calls for an enquiry.
- [transitive, usually passive] to help prove that something is true
- be backed by something All complaints must be backed by evidence.
bet money
- [transitive] back something to bet money on a horse in a race, a team in a competition, etc.
- I backed the winner and won fifty pounds.
- The horse was heavily backed on the morning of the race.
music
- [transitive] back something to play or sing music that supports the main singer or instrument see also backing
move backwards
- [intransitive, transitive] to move or make something move backwards
- + adv./prep. He backed against the wall, terrified.
- to back out of a parking space
- back something + adv./prep. If you can't drive in forwards, try backing it in.
compare reverse cover back
- [transitive] [usually passive] to cover the back of something in order to support or protect it
- be backed with something Each piece is backed with clear vinyl.
be behind
- [transitive, usually passive] to be located behind something
- be backed by something The house is backed by fields.
Word OriginOld English bæc, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch and Old Norse bak. The adverb use dates from late Middle English and is a shortening of aback.
Idioms - (British English) to support somebody/something that is not successful
Phrasal Verbs- back away
- back down
- back off
- back onto
- back out
- back up