backingnoun
uk/ˈbæk.ɪŋ/us/ˈbæk.ɪŋ/backing noun (SUPPORT)
C2 [ U ] support, especially money, that someone gives to a person or plan:
If I go ahead with the plan, can I count on your backing?
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- Parker's solo on 'A Night in Tunisia' was so amazing that the pianist backing him simply stopped playing.
- The rock-star arrived in London with her usual entourage of dancers and backing singers.
- Government backing will be essential if the project is to succeed.
- Will financial backing for the theatre project be forthcoming?
- We need to get the backing of someone in authority.
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Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- right behind sb idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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Investing money
backing noun (MUSIC)
[ U ] music, singing or dancing that supports the main tune, performer, etc. :
a backing track
backing vocals/singers
She sang as part of an all-women backing group.
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backup adjective
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Singing
- a cappella
- accompaniment
- accompany
- alto
- anthem
- barbershop
- dirge
- ditty
- diva
- duet
- elegy
- intonation
- jingle
- refrain
- sang
- septet
- serenade
- sextet
- shanty
- treble
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Types of music
backing noun (MATERIAL)
[ C or U ] something put on the back of something else in order to make it stronger or protect it:
It's strong cloth - it might be useful as (a) backing.
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Knitting & sewing
- appliqué
- baste
- bind
- bobbin
- bodkin
- cable stitch
- handknitted
- hem
- knit
- knitter
- knitting
- needle
- seamstress
- sew sth up
- sewing
- sewing machine
- shorten
- spinner
- stitch
- tack
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