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She has an American accent.

NGSL Rank: 93
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Meanings
noun
  • the rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips.
    E.g. he lay on his back
  • the side or part of something that is away from the spectator or from the direction in which it moves or faces; the rear.
    E.g. at the back of the hotel is a secluded garden
  • a player in a team game who plays in a defensive position behind the forwards.
    E.g. their backs showed some impressive running and passing
  • the grounds of Cambridge colleges which back on to the River Cam.
adverb
  • in the opposite direction from the one that one is facing or travelling towards.
    E.g. he moved back a pace
  • so as to return to an earlier or normal position or condition.
    E.g. she put the book back on the shelf
  • in or into the past.
    E.g. he made his fortune back in 1955
  • in return.
    E.g. they wrote back to me
verb
  • give financial, material, or moral support to.
    E.g. he had a newspaper empire backing him
  • walk or drive backwards.
    E.g. I put the car in reverse and backed down the road
  • cover the back of (an article) in order to support, protect, or decorate it.
    E.g. a mirror backed with tortoiseshell
  • lie behind or at the back of.
    E.g. the promenade is backed by lots of cafes
adjective
  • of or at the back of something.
    E.g. the back garden
  • from or relating to the past.
    E.g. she was owed back pay
  • directed towards the rear or in a reversed course.
    E.g. a back header
  • (of a sound) articulated at the back of the mouth.
    E.g. a long back vowel, as in 'dance' or 'bath'

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