rearadjective [ before noun ]
uk/rɪər/us/rɪr/B2 at the back of something:
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- She cast a quick look in the rear mirror.
- Always check your rear view mirror before you overtake another car.
- A car usually has a driver's seat, a passenger seat and rear seats.
- Both front and rear gardens are spacious.
- One of the rear wheels came off.
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General location and orientation
- -oriented
- about
- along
- anterior
- around
- back onto sth
- far
- front
- frontal
- hind
- left-hand
- nearside
- offside
- on-site
- orientated
- overleaf
- position
- round
- side-on
- spot
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rearnoun
uk/rɪər/us/rɪr/C1 the back part of something:
[ C ] old-fashioned informal also rear end a person's bottom
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Surfaces of objects
- -backed
- back
- base
- bed
- crust
- face
- facet
- flange
- front
- nap
- overlay
- plate
- reverse
- side
- substrate
- superficialis
- surface
- surface area
- underneath
- underside
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rearverb
uk/rɪər/us/rɪr/rear verb (CARE FOR)
C1 [ T ] to care for young animals or children until they are able to care for themselves:
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- She's reared four children very successfully.
- He grew up in Hoboken, where Sinatra was reared.
- He took me to the North Georgia mountains where he was reared.
- Most pigs reared for meat are killed around 18-20 years old.
- The animals are reared for breeding purposes rather than the dinner table.
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Parenting & caring for children
- adopt
- adopted
- adoption
- adoptive
- attachment parenting
- bring sb up
- child-rearing
- childless
- childminder
- counsellor
- custodial
- non-custodial
- nursemaid
- nursery nurse
- nurture
- one-parent family
- swaddle
- upbringing
- visitation
- wean
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rear verb (RISE)
[ I or T ] to rise up or to lift something up:
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Moving upwards
- ascend
- ascent
- be on an upward/downward trajectory idiom
- bristle
- clamber
- climb
- come
- come up
- heave
- hoick
- levitate
- mount
- pull
- rise
- scale
- scramble
- shin
- shinny
- soar
- take off
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