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| NOUN: | 1. The part or area farthest from the front: back, rearward. See PRECEDE. 2. Informal. The part of one's back on which one rests in sitting: buttock (used in plural), derrière, posterior, rump, seat. Informal : backside, behind, bottom. Slang : bun (used in plural), fanny, tush. Chiefly British : bum2. See OVER. 3. The hindmost part of something: end, tag end, tail, tail end. See PRECEDE. | | ADJECTIVE: | Located in the rear: back, hind, hindmost, posterior, postern. Nautical : after. See PRECEDE.
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