backing
Americannoun
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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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Backing Carroll is a way to repel the efforts to silence women who have a story to tell.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
Backing that out, operating profit was still much better than expected.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
Backing up his preventive prescriptions are unorthodox theories on how these diseases develop in the first place.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026
Backing up this view, Matejka identifies a significant valuation differential in favor of emerging and international stocks as well as “extreme positioning” with a still elevated concentration in the Magnificent Seven grouping of stocks.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026
Backing off to one side, I took a good look at my trap setting.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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