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backing

[ bak-ing ]

noun

  1. aid or support of any kind.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,

  2. supporters or backers collectively.
  3. something that forms the back or is placed at or attached to the back of anything to support, strengthen, or protect it.
  4. Theater. a curtain or flat placed behind a window, entrance, or other opening in a stage set to conceal the offstage area.
  5. material for backing a joist or rafter.
  6. a bevel given to the outer and upper edge of a hip rafter.
  7. the musical accompaniment for a soloist; backup.


backing

/ 藞产忙办瑟艐 /

noun

  1. support given to a person, cause, or enterprise
  2. a body of supporters
  3. something that forms, protects, supports, or strengthens the back of something
  4. theatre a scenic cloth or flat placed behind a window, door, etc, in a set to mask the offstage space
  5. musical accompaniment, esp for a pop singer
  6. the support in gold or precious metals for a country's issue of money in notes
  7. meteorol an anticlockwise change in wind direction
  8. a passageway running behind a row of terraced houses
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of backing1

First recorded in 1590鈥1600; back 1 + -ing 1
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The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are seeking to lift former President Joseph Kabila's immunity from prosecution after accusing him of backing rebels in the east.

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Even with that overwhelming body of evidence and a stack of wickets behind him, I do feel like it is one performance that has convinced England Cook is finally worth backing.

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In its first 100 days, California has challenged the Trump administration multiple times, while backing other litigants against the federal government in even more cases.

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Jacob Tananbaum, a resident of the district, told me that he was out protesting because Lawler 鈥渢hinks of himself as a moderate, but he's been backing this regime of the Donald Trump.鈥

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Pitch@Palace was a start-up competition, founded in 2014, where entrepreneurs would pitch their ideas to possible investors in the hope of winning their backing.

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