Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or furnished with a back or backing. Often used in combination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In composition, having a back (with the quality or characteristic noted in the first part of the word): as, a high-backed chair; hump-backed; broad-backed.
- In archery, having the back made of a separate piece from the belly: said of a bow. See
bow .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a back; fitted with a back. Used in composition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
back . - adjective obsolete, slang Dead; put on one's back.
- adjective in combination Having specified type of back.
- adjective in combination Having specified type of backing.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light
- adjective having a back or backing, usually of a specified type
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now officials are looking to apply it to other markets, such as those for securities backed by commercial real-estate loans and "private label" mortgages that aren't tied to the big U. S.-backed mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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A U. N.-backed war-crimes tribunal is now going after alleged war criminals -- most recently Taylor himself, indicted last month on charges that he'd backed drug-crazed guerrillas in return for access to rebel-dug Sierra Leonean diamonds.
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Now, Lebanon's western backed, U. S.-backed prime minister, has called this nothing short of a coup.
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That puts them quite a bit ahead of the alliance backed by the, or, rather, the alliance headed by the U. S.-backed interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi.
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It became a proxy battle of the Cold War, with the Marxist government backed by Cuba and the former Soviet Union facing off with South African - and U. S.-backed UNITA.
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Dolorfino said the 30-man marine platoon was backed by other troops deployed to block the escape of the militants from their encampment on Jolo, where the militants have operated for years despite a U. S.-backed military campaign against them.
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Dolorfino said the 30-man marine platoon was backed by other troops deployed to block the escape of the militants from their encampment on Jolo, where the militants have operated for years despite a U. S.-backed military campaign against them.
The Shad Plank 2010
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He said the 30-man marine platoon was backed by other troops deployed to block the escape of the militants from their encampment on Jolo, where the militants have operated for years despite a U. S.-backed military campaign against them.
The Times of India 2010
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He said the 30-man marine platoon was backed by other troops deployed to block the escape of the militants from their encampment on Jolo, where the militants have operated for years despite a U. S.-backed military campaign against them.
The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines Oliver Teves ASSOCIATED PRESS 2010
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He said the 30-man marine platoon was backed by other troops deployed to block the escape of the militants from their encampment on Jolo, where the militants have operated for years despite a U. S.-backed military campaign against them.
The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines Oliver Teves ASSOCIATED PRESS 2010
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