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back end

back end

2 3.8
The rear part of something opposite the front
  • noun
  • /bæk ɛnd/
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  • It seems like hours, but we empty the back end in a couple of minutes.
  • back end of the car
  • back end of the bar
  • front and back end

What I saw the I saw the back end of the stock and I was like, please not please don't be like a perfect looking, you know, rifle would.

Examples

  • The dog was lying at the back end of the yard, away from the play area.

  • DOT: I'm driving my dad's blue Chevy, the one with the shovel and fifty pounds of rock salt in the back end—just in case you get stuck.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • So you save time on both the front and the back end when using this film process.

  • The back end of a fire truck was visible.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Had a big back end, was good for hauling things around.

    Thief (1981)

  • "Start unpacking the car," my father orders as he heads for the back end.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Greer Dawson had made her appearance from the back end of the kitchen.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The bulldozer pushes forward into the back end; the crate thuds to the floor.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The back end of the train was crowded with passengers waiting to get off.

  • In the photos of the building, the back end shows a beautiful garden area.

Synonyms

back
vsback end
∞ 1.0

The rear part of a person's or animal's body

is the same meaning but expressed as two separate words
rear
vsback end
270 1.0

The back part of something, like a car or building

is the same meaning but expressed as two separate words
backside
vsback end
26 1.6

The rear side of something like a building or card

is the same meaning but expressed as two separate words
backend
vsback end
1 4.4

The back part of something, often a car or building, and the final stage of a project

focuses only on the physical part, not final stages

Antonyms

front end
4 3.6

The part at the forward side of something that you meet first, like a car's nose

Surface Forms

back end singular
back ends plural

Morphology

back + end

The sense of 'back end' as the rear/behind part of a system is directly compositional from 'back' (rear) + 'end' (part/segment), so a learner who knows those words can infer it refers to the behind/rear part of an application. The spatial 'front/back' metaphor for system parts is cross-linguistically common (and widely used in computing), making the basic meaning accessible to a B1 learner even if they lack detailed technical knowledge.

Etymology

Back end names the rear part of something. Imagine putting heavy boxes at the back end of a truck or entering through the back end of a building to avoid the crowd; it is the part at the 'rear', so the phrase means the 'rear portion'.