behind
bɪˈhaɪnd
How "behind schedule" and "we're behind you" share one spot
The picture Something stands in front and you are tucked in at its back, hidden from the front but certainly there. AHEAD is the place out front where you are seen; BEHIND is the place at the back where you are covered.
Where the picture shows up in behind
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at the back of it
The restroom is behind the elevator.
ðə ˈrestruːm ɪz bɪˈhaɪnd ðiː ˈelɪveɪtər
The restroom is on the other side of the elevator.
A door hidden from view by the elevator standing in front of it.
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trailing at the back
We are two weeks behind schedule.
wiː ɑːr tuː wiːks bɪˈhaɪnd ˈskedʒuːl
We are running two weeks late.
The schedule walks ahead while we follow two weeks back.
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left at the back
I left my phone behind at the counter.
aɪ left maɪ foʊn bɪˈhaɪnd ət ðə ˈkaʊntər
I left my phone at the counter.
The body has moved on; the phone sits where it was, back there.
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pushing from the back
The whole team is behind you on this.
ðə hoʊl tiːm ɪz bɪˈhaɪnd juː ɑːn ðɪs
The whole team supports you on this.
Hands pressed to your back, pushing you forward.
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the person at the back
Who is behind this new plan?
huː ɪz bɪˈhaɪnd ðɪs njuː plæn
Whose idea was this new plan?
A figure standing behind the plan pinned up on the wall.
All of it in one picture
BEHIND is one position: the back side. Put a building in front and the restroom hides at its back; put the schedule in front and we trail two weeks at its back; walk forward yourself and the phone stays at your back; stand people at your back and they are pushing you on; put a person at the back of a visible plan and they are the one who made it. Wherever behind turns up, something is out front and something else waits at its back.