rear

[US]/rɪə(r)/
[UK]/rɪr/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. nurture; establish; plant
vi. leap violently; tower
adv. at the back; towards the back
adj. situated at the back; rearward
n. the back; buttocks

Phrases & Collocations

rear view mirror

rear wheel drive

rear bumper

rear brake

front and rear

rear axle

rear wheel

rear end

rear area

rear view

rear seat

rear suspension

rear door

rear side

rear spoiler

rear projection

rear guard

rear admiral

rear window

rear axle housing

Example Sentences

the rear of the hall.

the field at the rear of the church.

the car's rear window.

the rear end of a car.

The hall is in the rear of the building.

the kitchen door at the rear of the house.

We left by the rear exit.

rear a monument to a person's memory

There’s a smokery at the rear of this coach.

the rear wheels of a car

the two policemen at the rear fell out of the formation.

she saw it in the rear-view mirror.

the horse reared in terror.

exited at the rear gate.

the rear wheels spun violently.

the rear suspension deforms slightly on corners.

Real-world Examples

And he attacks them from the rear.

Source: The Apocalypse of World War II

He left the building through the rear exit.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

Shorter in the front, taller in the rear.

Source: Universal Dialogue for Children's Animation

His eye is on the stragglers bringing up the rear.

Source: Human Planet

And reared in radically different environments. Well you could.

Source: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

Here we have large-scale self-sustaining colonies of malaria mosquitoes that we rear in these facilities.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

There are some seats in the rear mezzanine.

Source: Crazy English Situational Conversation Real Skills

The new evangel was old when Nineveh reared her greatness to the sky.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful.

Source: 100 Classic English Essays for Recitation

As she dropped, a tiny silken thread unwound from her rear end.

Source: Charlotte's Web

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