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back end
1[bak end]
noun
the rear part of something.
I didn’t think my stage debut would entail playing the back end of a bull!
My eyes followed the back end of the car, watching it slowly creep up the road and out of sight.
the later part of a process or span of time.
The team has a chance to turn their season around, but they face a difficult back end of the schedule.
Computers.the parts of a computer program, website, system, network, etc., that the user does not see or directly interact with.
The user information has all been updated in the back end.
Our engineers can refurbish existing backends internally, improving structure and performance without altering the external behavior of the code.
the part of an organization or process that operates in the background or out of the public view.
Tell us about the back end of your business, like your accounting and data processing systems.
British.the last few months of the year.
The journal was published at the back end of last year.
back-end
2[bak-end]
adjective
Computers.being or relating to those parts of a computer program, website, system, network, etc., that the user does not see or directly interact with.
Managed website hosting is for those who do not want to bother with a lot of the back-end stuff like updating apps and enabling automatic backups.
We’re seeking an experienced back-end developer to help complete the development of our mobile education platform.
being or relating to the part of an organization that operates in the background or out of the public view.
The library is hoping to streamline many of their back-end administrative processes.
The back-end legal and financial responsibilities of running a business are significant.
happening or incurred at or near the end of a process or span of time.
We do not ever charge hidden back-end transaction fees.
The young pitcher is shaping up to be a great middle or back-end reliever.
back end
noun
dialectautumn
adjective
(of money, costs, etc) required or incurred after a project has been completed
Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
"I made the decision at that back end of 2018 into 2019, I wanted to try to build my game around the toughest tests that we have in the game," he said.
"We're committing to coming back by the end of the summer to explore that in more depth and have something in place by the back end of the year, in time for next winter."
I have worked the back end of campaigns.
"Neither of them are champions. Both are huge names, both at the back ends of their careers, but more importantly both are still relatively in their prime," Hearn said.
“The reality is that remodel’s got to happen in order to make things stronger and more stable in the back end.”
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