Meaning

1 senses
  1. (UK, dialectal, not comparable)Early; soon

Examples

117 sentences
  1. The rear-view mirror fell off.

    ruЗеркало заднего вида отвалилось. — Balamax

    deDer Rückspiegel ist abgefallen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. The enemy attacked from the rear.

    ruВраг напал сзади. — Wezel

  3. Please move to the rear of the bus.

  4. Tom looked at himself in the rear-view mirror.

  5. Tom noticed a police car in the rear-view mirror.

    ruТом заметил полицейскую машину в зеркале заднего вида. — odexed

    deTom sah im Rückspiegel einen Polizeiwagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

From Middle English rere, from Anglo-Norman rere, ultimately from Latin retro. Compare arr

From Middle English rere, from Anglo-Norman rere, ultimately from Latin retro. Compare arrear. Doublet of retro.

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Collocations

4 patterns
  • rear view mirror
  • the rear view
  • rear view
  • rear tire

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rear — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto