rear

adjective

/rɪə(r)/

/rɪr/

[only before noun]

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at or near the back of something
- front and rear windows
- the rear entrance of the building
Word Originadjective Middle English (first used as a military term): from Old French rere, based on Latin retro ‘back’.

rear

noun

/rɪə(r)/

/rɪr/

Idioms

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(usually the rear)
[singular] the back part of something
- A trailer was attached to the rear of the truck.
- There are toilets at both front and rear of the plane.
- A high gate blocks the only entrance to the rear.
Which Word? at the back / at the rear / behind
at the back / at the rear / behind
- At the back and at the rear have a similar meaning, but at the rear is used more in formal or official language: What’s that at the back of the fridge?Smoking is only allowed at the rear of the aircraft. It is more usual to talk about the back door of a house but the rear exit of an aircraft or public building. If something is behind something else it is near to the back of it but not part of it. Compare: Our room was at the back of the hotel and There’s a lovely wood just behind our hotel.
Extra Examples
- Car seats for young babies should face the rear.
- The radio is loudest in the rear of the car.
- The socket for the printer cable is located at the rear of the computer.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verb + rear
- bring up
- attack (somebody/something) from
- cover
- …
preposition
- at the rear
- from the rear
- in the rear
- …
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(also rear end)
[countable, usually singular] (informal) the part of the body that you sit on synonym backside, bottom
- a kick in the rear
- He spends all day sitting on his rear end in front of a computer.

Word Originnoun Middle English (first used as a military term): from Old French rere, based on Latin retro ‘back’.

Idioms

bring up the rear

to be at the back of a line of people, or last in a race
- David was the first to reach the summit, followed by Pat, leaving Fergus to bring up the rear.
- Three drummers brought up the rear.

rear

verb

/rɪə(r)/

/rɪr/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they rear	/rɪə(r)/ /rɪr/
he / she / it rears	/rɪəz/ /rɪrz/
past simple reared	/rɪəd/ /rɪrd/
past participle reared	/rɪəd/ /rɪrd/
-ing form rearing	/ˈrɪərɪŋ/ /ˈrɪrɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

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[transitive] rear somebody/something [often passive] to care for young children or animals until they are fully grown synonym bring up, raise
- She reared a family of five on her own.
- Lions usually manage to rear about half the number of cubs born to them.
Topics Life stagesc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- intensively
- naturally
- successfully
- …
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[transitive] rear something to keep and breed (= produce young from) animals or birds, for example on a farm
- to rear cattle
Extra Examples
- intensively reared beef cattle
- naturally reared pork and beef
- The young crocodiles were reared indoors at a constant temperature of 32°C.
Topics Farmingc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- intensively
- naturally
- successfully
- …
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[intransitive] rear (up) (of an animal, especially a horse) to raise itself on its back legs, with the front legs in the air
- The horse reared, throwing its rider.
[intransitive] rear (up) (of something large) to seem to lean over you, especially in a way that makes you feel frightened
- The great bulk of the building reared up against the night sky.

Word Originverb Old English rǣran ‘set upright, construct, elevate’, of Germanic origin; related to raise (which has supplanted rear in many applications), also to rise.

Idioms

something rears its (ugly) head

if something unpleasant rears its head or rears its ugly head, it appears or happens

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