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How to pronounce rear in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms rearward


the chair's rear legs.
the rear door of the plane.
on the rearward side.
Type Words
Synonyms lift, rise
Type of look, seem, appear
Has types tower, predominate, loom, hulk
Type Words
Synonyms back end, backside
Type of face, side
Has types scruff, nucha, rearward, nape


his room was toward the rear of the hotel.
Type Words
Synonyms erect
Type of get up, elevate, raise, bring up, lift
Has types pitch, cock up, set up, prick up, prick
Type Words
Synonyms back
Type of side
Has types quarter, tail assembly, tail, stern, after part, poop, empennage
Type Words
Synonyms erect, put up, raise, set up
Type of build, construct, make
Type Words
Synonyms arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush
Type of body part
Type Words
Synonyms rise up
Type of straighten
Has types rear back


The horse reared in terror.
Type Words
Synonyms back
Type of position, place


it was hidden in the rear of the store.
Type Words
Synonyms bring up, nurture, parent, raise
Has types cradle, foster, fledge
Derivation rearing
Type Words
Type of formation


infantrymen were in the rear.

Examples of rear

rear
The individual rear seats with generous legroom make the car a full four-seater.
From the washingtontimes.com
The rear fenders are fully enclosed, with chrome spears highlighting their flow.
From the kansas.com
He glanced at his rear-view mirror and saw his passenger looking out the window.
From the kentucky.com
It creates an expectation of practicality the cramped rear seat doesn't deliver.
From the freep.com
The rear is fat, and it slopes downward, giving the car a somewhat bulbous look.
From the businessweek.com
The signage along New Circle Road near the mall's rear entrance has not changed.
From the kentucky.com
As the officer approached, the man entered the cab on the passenger's rear side.
From the news-journalonline.com
This is one car where rear passengers really do get the best seats in the house.
From the gazettelive.co.uk
Many couldn't spot a rat until they were bitten fair and square in the rear end.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • Rear(a): located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side"
  • Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror"
  • The back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen were in the rear"
  • Bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
  • The side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"
  • Back: the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"
  • Rise: rise up; "The building rose before them"
  • Buttocks: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
  • Cause to rise up