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backing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbæk.ɪŋ(ɡ)/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From back + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Support, especially financial.
    • It's a volunteer organization that works with backing from the city and a few grants.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
    • The cardboard backing gives the notebook a little extra stiffness.
    • An old print was discovered some time ago in an arch at Waterloo Dock Goods Station[,] Liverpool, in use as a backing on which to write time sheets. 1957 August 14, “Notes and News: Tithebarn Street Station, Liverpool”, in Railway Magazine, page 589:
    • In general, the locomotives are painted dark green; the numberplates are brass, with a red backing, and are usually carried on the tank side. 1959 October, Norman Jones, “The Manchester Ship Canal Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 495:
  3. (countable, uncountable) A backdrop.
    • The simplest and cheapest answer is to introduce a scenic backing of some kind, a backdrop, a drape, some flats to restrict the shot and obscure whatever is outside. 2013, Gerald Millerson, TV Scenic Design, page 134:
  4. (countable, uncountable) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The mounting of a horse or other animal.
  6. (countable, uncountable) The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.

Forms

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Deriveds

sealant backing · linebacking

Translations (25)

mi kaupapa (material added behind or underneath) · fi tuki (material added behind or underneath) · hu tartó (material added behind or underneath) · pt placa (material added behind or underneath) · fi taustasoitto ((music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer) · fr plaque (material added behind or underneath) · fr support (material added behind or underneath) · fi säestys ((music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer) · hu állvány (material added behind or underneath) · mi kaiwaiata taunaki ((music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer) · bg подкрепа (support, especially financial) · bg съпровод ((music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer) · fi kate (support, especially financial) · bg поддръжка (support, especially financial) · pt suporte (material added behind or underneath) · it supporto (support, especially financial) · it sostegno (support, especially financial) · hu tábla (material added behind or underneath) · fi tuki (support, especially financial) · bg пълнеж (material added behind or underneath) · it supporto (material added behind or underneath) · mi kaiwhakatangi taunaki ((music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer) · ru подкла́дка (material added behind or underneath) · bg подплънка (material added behind or underneath) · ru подде́ржка (support, especially financial)

backing en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbæk.ɪŋ(ɡ)/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From back + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of back
    form of back