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Back in the Eighties, I'd buy the biggest Benetton jumper I could find and would wear it long-sleeved, hanging off my shoulders, with a varsity jacket and a baseball cap on back to front with a quiff. I was the smallest boy in my class, and I looked like a reject from New Kids On The Block. Terrible.
Jamie Bamber

Meaning of "back to front" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BACK TO FRONT

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WHAT DOES BACK TO FRONT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of back to front in the English dictionary

The definition of back to front in the dictionary is in reverse. Other definition of back to front is in disorder.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACK TO FRONT

back saw
back scatter
back seat
back shift
back slang
back story
back straight
back street
back stretch
back talk
back teeth
back to back
back to square one
back to taws
back to the drawing board
back tooth
back up
back vowel
back water
back yard

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACK TO FRONT

affront
battlefront
beachfront
confront
eyes front
fly front
forefront
front
home front
lakefront
oceanfront
out-front
people´s front
riverfront
seafront
shirt front
storefront
up front
upfront
waterfront
wavefront

Synonyms and antonyms of back to front in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «back to front» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACK TO FRONT

Find out the translation of back to front to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of back to front 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 to front» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

后到前
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

atrás hacia adelante
570 millions of speakers

English

back to front
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आगे से पीछे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخلف إلى الأمام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

задом наперед
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trás para a frente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পেছন থেকে সামনে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arrière vers l´avant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kembali ke hadapan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hinten nach vorne
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

前後逆に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뒤에서 앞으로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bali menyang ngarep
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sau ra trước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பின்னிலிருந்து முன்வரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समोर परत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Öne arkaya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

posteriore a quella anteriore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

z powrotem do przodu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

задом наперед
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înapoi la față
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πίσω προς τα εμπρός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Terug na die voorkant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bakfram
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilbake til forsiden
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of back to front

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BACK TO FRONT»

The term «back to front» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.253 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BACK TO FRONT» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «BACK TO FRONT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word back to front.
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Jamie Bamber
Back in the Eighties, I'd buy the biggest Benetton jumper I could find and would wear it long-sleeved, hanging off my shoulders, with a varsity jacket and a baseball cap on back to front with a quiff. I was the smallest boy in my class, and I looked like a reject from New Kids On The Block. Terrible.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACK TO FRONT»

Discover the use of back to front in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to back to front and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Back to Front and Upside Down!
While the rest of the class makes birthday cards for the principal, Stanley struggles with his words and letters.
Claire Alexander, 2012
2
Billy Back to Front
Brand-new author/illustrator Sam McCullen brings us an original and inventive picture book about being happy with who you are in this paperback edition.
Sam McCullen, 2007
3
Louie's Back to Front!
Louie, a happy little rabbit full of fun and humour, always loves to do the opposite, whether he's clean or dirty, brave or timid, happy or sad. This novelty picture book features Louie's adventures.
Yves Got, 2003
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Back to Front: A New Approach to Machine-Applique
Jam-packed with 14 refreshing quills for the beginner to the more advanced quilt maker Larraine Scouler guides you through her back to front machine quilting and applique methods.
Larraine Scouler, 1996
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House: from Display to BACK to FRONT:
photographs in BACK to FRONT: part 1 was taken by Marianne Mueller. Mark Harwood made the first, third, sixth,seventhand twelveth photos inBACK to FRONT: part1.All remaining photographs are by Terry Watts. Video production, all the ...
Fran Cottell, 2013
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Front to Back
How, if we look at buildings instead of places, can we begin to make sure they aren't back to front? This book presents an agenda of design issues for housing, which can be used as a checklist, a method for communicating a design, and most ...
Sally Lewis, 2012
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The Joy of Sox: 30-plus Must-knit Designs
On WS (m1p): make 1 purl: Insert right needle from back to front under the strand between two stitches, lift this loop onto left needle and purl into the front of the loop. p: purl pfb: Purl in front and back of stitch (increase). p2tog: Purl 2 ...
Linda Kopp, 2009
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Dynamics of the English Phonological System
25) that after breaking the OE vowel system had 'holes in the pattern' for back-to- front diphthongoids. There is historical evidence that 1'-umlaut was initially a change from back / u 0/ to back-to-front gliding vowels, not directly to front round ...
V. Y. Plotkin, 1972
9
New Cambridge Advanced English Teacher's Book
... 18 side behind my back background on the side side by side front-page news front-runner back you up back out of back-up copy backwards backbencher side effect back to front a front front and back from side to side back down sidetrack ...
Leo Jones, 1998
10
Operator's Manual: Textile Repair Shop, Trailer-mounted, ...
... go against the needle stop pin. Tighten the clamping nut securely. c. Threading Unwinder. Refer to figure 30. Pass the needle thread from the cone over from back to front through the loop (1), down and from top to bottom through the eyelet  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACK TO FRONT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term back to front is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lionel Richie tops UK album chart after Glastonbury set
It is Richie's first UK No 1 album since Back to Front 23 years ago. He told OfficialCharts.com: “I was overwhelmed performing at Glastonbury in ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Redmi India teaser points to a price cut for the Xiaomi Redmi 2, or …
Both phones include a 4.7-inch, 720 x 1280 resolution screen, 1GB of RAM and an 8MP/2MP camera combo back to front. The difference ... «Phone Arena, Jul 15»
3
Tanning Expert Jules Heptonstall On How To REALLY Nail Your …
Either turn your mitt back to front or tape it to a wooden spoon to get to those hard to reach places. GENIUS. Exfoliate, exfoliate, exfoliate… «instyle.co.uk, Jul 15»
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UK Pop Charts for the Week Ending July 11, 2015
It is the veteran star's first Number One album for over two decades although as you might expect his last one was also a hits collection, Back To Front topping ... «About - News & Issues, Jul 15»
5
Laois's Séamus Plunkett calls long-term vision of GAA into question
Back to front, Liam Rushe makes big leap for the Dublin hurling cause · Dublin manager Ger Cunningham was critical of the decision to go ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
6
Horsham and Coolham Quakers restore historic meeting houses
“We were working back to front building it from the top downwards and oak is not the lightest of materials so we had to be so careful moving it ... «West Sussex County Times, Jul 15»
7
Should I move my rose from pot to plot?
I have finally found a good spot for it near a fence in the new garden and planted it a few weeks ago – apparently back to front. All the flowers ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
Teen hopes to bake her way into college
Deanne said Emily's work experience at Hickory House really showed her how a restaurant works from back to front. It was at The Hickory ... «The Sheboygan Press, Jul 15»
9
BLOG: The Perpetual Fail Of The Transfer Window
You watched wide-eyed at dazzling TV ads, saw eye-catching toy displays in Binns window, read your mams catalogue back to front and ... «Roker Report, Jul 15»
10
Manchester United Transfer News: Rio Ferdinand Fuels Morgan …
He's a player who could add something to United, a bit of steel, can pass the ball and play it through the lines from back to front. I think he's a ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Back to front [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/back-to-front>. May 2024 ».
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