back end

[bak-end] / ˈbækˌɛnd /

ADJECTIVE

postern

Synonyms

STRONG

backside extremity hind hindquarters posterior rear reverse stern tail tailpiece

WEAK

aft far end hindmost hindpart tail end

Antonyms

STRONG

front

NOUN

back

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rear tail

STRONG

backside extremity hindquarters posterior reverse stern tailpiece

WEAK

aft far end hindpart tail end

Antonyms

STRONGEST

front

NOUN

buttocks

Synonyms

STRONG

backside behind bottom bum butt derriere fanny fundament haunches hindquarters posterior rear rump seat

WEAK

gluteus maximus

NOUN

rear

Synonyms

STRONGEST

back back door backside bottom butt rear end tail

STRONG

behind buttocks end heel hind hindquarters posterior postern rearward reverse rump seat stern tailpiece tush

WEAK

afterpart back seat hind part rear guard tail end

Antonyms

STRONGEST

front

WEAK

beginning

Example Sentences

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“It’s a black box in the beginning with the construction-in-progress bucket and then once the project is complete, it’s a black box in the back end,” Carnes said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Phreesia’s platform helps its healthcare clients modernize their patient facing processes and back end workflows.

From Barron's

While the US central bank's three successive rate reductions have provided a boost to equities in the back end of the year, some fear that support will be taken away.

From Barron's

Rather than betting on one hardware architecture, the company integrates multiple quantum back ends and packages them as cloud APIs for chemistry, optimization and materials science.

From MarketWatch

"The car was feeling great, just had some bottoming and lost the back end," he said.

From BBC

back end

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