backing
Americannoun
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backings
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aid or support of any kind.
- Synonyms:
- encouragement, patronage, sanction, sponsorship, endorsement, assistance, help
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supporters or backers collectively.
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something that forms the back or is placed at or attached to the back of anything to support, strengthen, or protect it.
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Theater. a curtain or flat placed behind a window, entrance, or other opening in a stage set to conceal the offstage area.
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material for backing a joist or rafter.
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a bevel given to the outer and upper edge of a hip rafter.
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the musical accompaniment for a soloist; backup.
noun
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support given to a person, cause, or enterprise
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a body of supporters
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something that forms, protects, supports, or strengthens the back of something
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theatre a scenic cloth or flat placed behind a window, door, etc, in a set to mask the offstage space
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musical accompaniment, esp for a pop singer
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the support in gold or precious metals for a country's issue of money in notes
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meteorol an anticlockwise change in wind direction
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a passageway running behind a row of terraced houses
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"The disinflation ducks are starting to line up, and with oil also backing off, the market has steadily stripped away the case for another near-term Fed hike."
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Becerra emerged from the primary ahead of more progressive opponents, including billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer, and quickly earned the backing of their onetime supporters, said IGS Poll Director Mark DiCamillo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
He later re-entered the race with the backing of Tony Evers, the state's current governor.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Larson, a progressive, had support from more-moderate Democrats in Congress, while Bronin, a 47-year-old Navy veteran, ran mostly on generational change with the backing of the Connecticut Democratic Party.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
It was a huge new building backing up to a nature preserve, on the very edge of the city.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The only thing he requests is a tin of 112 players with adhesive backings.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
At that point, bank targets may be persuaded to do deals not because they need the liquidity, but to show they have the backings of large institutional investors.
From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2023
Dennis Reed, a proprietor of Hi-Tek Redneck Karaoke & DJ Service, served as the M.C. while overseeing the sound system and musical backings.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
Ms. Kokoszka described the members as having “unselfishly donated their time, talents, fabrics, battings, backings, bindings and labels for the making of the quilts each of our honored guests will receive tonight.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2020
We make complicated floral patterns with a compass, we glue odd substances to cardboard backings: feathers, sequins, pieces of macaroni garishly dyed, lengths of drinking straw.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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