Native EnglishNatural Grammar

BackAdverb, AdjectiveNounVerb (regular)

Meaning away from, toward the rear or behind something; in the past; home or point of origin. Move backwards.

AdverbEx: Please step back.Back away.

AdjectiveIt is in back of the store.We sat in back of the class.He went back home.Go back to the corner and turn right.

VerbThe car backed into the parking space.

Noun – my back, the horse’s back.

Grammar Patterns

BackAdverb, AdjectiveNounVerb (regular)

Meaning away from, toward the rear or behind something; in the past; home or point of origin. Move backwards.

AdverbEx: Please step back.Back away.

AdjectiveIt is in back of the store.We sat in back of the class.He went back home.Go back to the corner and turn right.

VerbThe car backed into the parking space.

Noun – my back, the horse’s back.

Collocations

BackAdverb, AdjectiveNounVerb (regular)

Meaning away from, toward the rear or behind something; in the past; home or point of origin. Move backwards.

AdverbEx: Please step back.Back away.

AdjectiveIt is in back of the store.We sat in back of the class.He went back home.Go back to the corner and turn right.

VerbThe car backed into the parking space.

Noun – my back, the horse’s back.

Set Phrases

BackAdverb, AdjectiveNounVerb (regular)

Meaning away from, toward the rear or behind something; in the past; home or point of origin. Move backwards.

AdverbEx: Please step back.Back away.

AdjectiveIt is in back of the store.We sat in back of the class.He went back home.Go back to the corner and turn right.

VerbThe car backed into the parking space.

Noun – my back, the horse’s back.

Examples

BackAdverb, AdjectiveNounVerb (regular)

Meaning away from, toward the rear or behind something; in the past; home or point of origin. Move backwards.

AdverbEx: Please step back.Back away.

AdjectiveIt is in back of the store.We sat in back of the class.He went back home.Go back to the corner and turn right.

VerbThe car backed into the parking space.

Noun – my back, the horse’s back.

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