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Meaning of "back matter" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BACK MATTER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACK MATTER

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determiner
exclamation
Back matter is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BACK MATTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

back matter

Book design

Book design is the art of incorporating the content, style, format, design, and sequence of the various components of a book into a coherent whole. In the words of Jan Tschichold, book design, "though largely forgotten today, methods and rules upon which it is impossible to improve, have been developed over centuries. To produce perfect books, these rules have to be brought back to life and applied." Richard Hendel describes book design as "an arcane subject", and refers to the need for a context to understand what that means. Design for a metalwork book cover or treasure binding, by Hans Holbein the Younger...

Definition of back matter in the English dictionary

The definition of back matter in the dictionary is the parts of a book, such as the index and appendices, that follow the main text Also called: end matter.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACK MATTER

back flip
back foot
back formation
back four
back garden
back green
back issue
back light
back line
back marker
back mutation
back number
back o´ Bourke
back of beyond
back off
back office
back out
back pain
back pass
back passage

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACK MATTER

batter
better
blatter
chatter
dark matter
fatter
flatter
for that matter
hatter
latter
matter
no laughing matter
no matter
organic matter
platter
scatter
shatter
splatter
subject matter
the fact of the matter
the matter

Synonyms and antonyms of back matter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «back matter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACK MATTER

Find out the translation of back matter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of back matter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «back matter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

回到事
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

volver importa
570 millions of speakers

English

back matter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वापस बात
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العودة المسألة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

назад от того,
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

volta importa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফিরে ব্যাপার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

retour question
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perkara belakang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zurück Materie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

後付け
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다시 문제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bali materi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trở lại vấn đề
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மீண்டும் விஷயம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परत बाब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Arka madde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

annessi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Powrót sprawa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

назад від того ,
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înapoi problemă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πίσω θέμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agterwerk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tillbaka materia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilbake saken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of back matter

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BACK MATTER»

The term «back matter» is regularly used and occupies the 104.797 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BACK MATTER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «back matter» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «back matter» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about back matter

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACK MATTER»

Discover the use of back matter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to back matter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Front Matter, Back Matter, and Metadata: Best Practice ...
About. Front. Matter,. Back. Matter,. and. Metadata. In the modern world of publishing where authors are expected to publish several books a year, standards and literary traditions that have existed for centuries can understandably be ...
Paul Salvette, 2014
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Lexicography: Lexicography, metalexicography and reference ...
Except for titles and prefaces, particular functional text parts are not obligatorily allotted to front matter or back matter. The user's guide, for example, may well appear in the back matter (Sprachbrockhaus l982l. and the separate word lists have ...
R. R. K. Hartmann, 2003
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Technical Communication
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR THIS CHAPTER 1 Plan the front and back matter of a communication you are writing. 2 Write a reader- centered letter of transmittal . 3. Write reader- centered front matter. 4 Write reader- centered back matter.
Paul Anderson, 2013
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Indexing: A Nuts-and-Bolts Guide for Technical Writers
Step 6 Index front and back matter Read this Front and back matter are the parts of a book before and after the chapters: □ Front matter ... Create entries for critical information contained in front and back matter (for example, “ troubleshooting”).
Kurt Ament, 2001
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Training Design Basics
in the back matter for a workbook-based course is a list of related courses and other resources. Firth is a course evaluation (and, if you offer it, information about a follow-up level 3 evaluation to be conducted several weeks or months after the  ...
Saul Carliner, 2003
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Manual of Specialised Lexicography: The Preparation of ...
Dictionary components occurring before the word list are collectively referred to as the dictionary front matter; in the same way, components occurring after the word list are referred to as the dictionary back matter. Dictionary middle matter ...
Henning Bergenholtz, Sven Tarp, 1995
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Illustrate Your Self-published Book: The Author's Only Guide ...
A book is shown open Front matter Front matter Front matter Front matter Front matter Front end Back end Chapters (Front matter) (Back matter) What others are saying: Promotional quotes from reviewers Title page: Book title, subtitle, author,  ...
Marko Mikulich, 2008
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Krishna's Professional Communication
What aspects of a report are dealt within the 'front matter' and 'back matter' of a Business report? Ans : 'Front matter' and 'Back matter' are the two important parts of a Business Report. The content of the 'Front matter' differs from the 'Back ...
Dr Malti Agarwal
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Self-publishing Textbooks and Instructional Materials: A ...
a glossary in the back matter. These are pedagogical tools to enhance text content and aid learning. In many undergraduate textbooks, key terms and concepts are boldfaced in the chapter narrative and then defined in an end-of- book glossary ...
Franklin H. Silverman, 2004
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Bilingual Lexicography from a Communicative Perspective
Like a normal text, the dictionary is usually composed of three parts: front matter ( the beginning), dictionary text (the main body) and back matter (the end), as is shown in the following scheme: English monolingual dictionary English bilingual  ...
Heming Yong, Jing Peng, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACK MATTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term back matter is used in the context of the following news items.
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Eisner Watch: The Fade Out
Another hidden gem about this series is the back matter. One of the real tragedies of the paperback collection is that the single issue back ... «DorkShelf.com, Jul 15»
2
Nannas demand action as CSG buy-back deadline approaches
"The PEL buy-back matter is currently in the hands of the minister who is negotiating with the other parties involved in the scheme.". «Clarence Valley Daily Examiner, Jun 15»
3
Scott Snyder on Wytches: 'I think horror is sort of the purest form of …
“It was one of those things that made it very easy to write after the first issue, when the letters started coming in for the back matter,” he said. «Entertainment Weekly, Jun 15»
4
Nonfiction Conference Continues to Grow
Whitney Leader-Picone, senior designer at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, noted that Common Core's emphasis on back matter has created a new ... «Publishers Weekly, Jun 15»
5
“Welcome to Gotham Academy!” Creative Team Dishes On Volume …
BF: If you look at the back matter in the trade paperback, you can see that's something we wrestled with, even as the series was progressing. «Mstarz, Jun 15»
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Four Questions for...Anita Silvey
The album in the back [Gombe Family Scrapbook in the back matter] was something that just recently they pulled together and many people ... «Publishers Weekly, Jun 15»
7
Eisner Watch: The Wicked + The Divine
As Gillen describes in the back matter of issue #5, this story is like an inverted Phonogram. While Phonogram is about being a consumer of art ... «DorkShelf.com, Jun 15»
8
Paperback Manager
... to develop seasonal lists, oversee the backlist, develop unique back matter with editorial, and maintain author/illustrator relationships. «Publishers Weekly, Jun 15»
9
Comic Book Review – Roche Limit: Clandestiny #2
In the back matter, Leland and Stockton are revealed to have pioneered deep-state psychology that allowed people to delve deeper into their ... «Flickering Myth, Jun 15»
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SAE International Book Examines the Effects of Inflight Atmospheric …
For more information, including free front and back matter, or to order Ice Accretion and Icing Technology, visit http://books.sae.org/pt-163/. «Virtual-Strategy Magazine, Jun 15»

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