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"rear" in English

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rearadjective [ before noun ]

uk ​ /rɪər/ us ​ /rɪr/

B2 at the back of something:

There's a sticker on the rear door/window.
The horse had injured one of its rear legs.
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rearguard

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rearnoun

uk ​ /rɪər/ us ​ /rɪr/
the rear

C1 the back part of something:

We walked round to the rear of the house.
Two police motorcyclists brought up the rear (= formed the last part) of the demonstration.

› [ C ] old-fashioned informal also rear end a person's bottom

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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:

Some women make a deliberate choice to rear a child alone.
He describes how these birds rear their young.
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child-rearing

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Idiom(s)

rear its (ugly) head

Phrasal verb(s)

rear above/over sth/sb

(Definition of “rear” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

"rear" in American English

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rearadjective [ not gradable ]

us ​ /rɪər/

rear adjective [ not gradable ] (AT THE BACK)

› at or near the back of something:

I had the rear brakes on the car redone.
She entered the school through an unlocked rear door.
Our dog hurt his rear left leg.

rearverb

us ​ /rɪr/

rear verb (CARE FOR)

› [ T ] to care for young children or animals until they are able to care for themselves:

She reared eight children.

rear verb (RISE)

› [ I/T ] to rise up or to lift up:

[ I ] The horse suddenly reared (up) on its hind legs.

Idiom(s)

something rears its (ugly) head

rearnoun [ C/U ]

us ​ /rɪr/

rear noun [ C/U ] (AT THE BACK)

› infml Your buttocks are sometimes called your rear.

(Definition of “rear” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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