backing
Meaning of backing
noun
- help or support.
the foreign secretary won the backing of opposition parties
- the movement of the place of formation of a sound towards the back of the mouth.
- give financial, material, or moral support to.
he had a newspaper empire backing him
- walk or drive backwards.
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.
a mirror backed with tortoiseshell
- lie behind or at the back of.
the promenade is backed by lots of cafes
Old English bæc, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch and Old Norse bak . The adverb use dates from late Middle English and is a shortening of aback.
Information about backing
- The plural form of backing is: backings.
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Hyphenation of backing
back-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- backing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
backing synonyms
Meaning backup:
backup, championship, patronage
Meaning mount:
Meaning support:
Meaning the action of helping someone to do something:
Meaning the provision of money, resources, or information to help someone:
Meaning assistance, especially by complying readily with requests:
Meaning help, typically of a practical nature:
Meaning the action of approving something:
Meaning formal or official praise:
Meaning the action of endorsing someone or something:
Meaning a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule:
Meaning a person's sanction or support:
Meaning activity that supports or encourages a cause, venture, or aim:
Meaning public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy:
Meaning an act of adopting or supporting a cause, belief, or way of life:
Meaning the position of being a sponsor:
Meaning provide funding for (a person or enterprise):
Meaning a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; coins and banknotes collectively:
Meaning the action or process of investing money for profit:
Meaning a sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose:
Meaning monetary support for an enterprise:
Meaning a sum of money given by a government or other organization for a particular purpose:
Meaning a gift or payment to a common fund or collection:
Meaning a grant or contribution of money:
Meaning provide funds for (a project or activity or the person carrying it out):
Meaning provide with money for a particular purpose:
Meaning support (an organization or activity) financially:
Meaning undertake to finance or otherwise support or guarantee (something):
Meaning support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of:
Meaning support (a person, organization, or project) financially:
Meaning support (a plant) with a stake or stakes:
Meaning recommend (a product) in an advertisement:
Meaning publicly recommend or support:
Meaning confirm or support (something which has been questioned):
Meaning vigorously support or defend the cause of:
Meaning speak or write in favour of (an action or person); attempt to justify:
Meaning formally support or endorse (a nomination or resolution or its proposer) as a necessary preliminary to adoption or further discussion:
Meaning help (someone), typically by doing a share of the work:
Meaning move backwards:
Meaning retrace one's steps:
Meaning (of an army) withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat:
Meaning remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position:
Meaning make a sudden flinching movement out of fear or pain:
Meaning crouch down in fear:
Meaning a small short-tailed Old World game bird resembling a tiny partridge, typically having brown camouflaged plumage:
Meaning (especially of the earth) shake or tremble:
backing antonyms
Meaning disagree with and attempt to prevent, especially by argument:
Meaning move forwards in a purposeful way:
Words that rhyme with backing
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