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behind time

behind time prepositional phrase: late, arriving late.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Late, arriving late.
    • We should leave now - I don't want to be too behind time.
    • I'm running behind time. I should be home in half an hour or so.

behind time meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

behind time in Bengali

দেরি, দেরিতে পৌঁছানো

behind time in Malayalam

behind schedule, late, behind
നിർദ്ദിഷ്ടസമയം കഴിഞ്ഞ്, താമസിച്ച്, കാലം തെറ്റി, സമയക്രമം തെറ്റിച്ച്, സമയം കഴിഞ്ഞ്, സമയത്തിനു തീരാതെ

Questions about behind time

What does behind time mean?
Behind time means late, arriving late.
What is behind time in Bengali?
Behind time in Bengali is দেরি, দেরিতে পৌঁছানো. See Behind time meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is behind time?
Behind time is a prepositional phrase.

Words near behind time in the dictionary

  1. behind the scene
  2. behind the scenes
  3. behind the times
  4. behind the wheel
  5. behind the wire
  6. behind time
  7. behind-hand
  8. behind-the-scenes
  9. behinde
  10. behinded
  11. behinder

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: behind time (page history and authors); behind time (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); behind time (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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