back number

noun

A back issue of a magazine, etc.

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Meanings

nounback number (plural back numbers)

plural back numbers

  1. A back issue of a magazine, etc.

    Because of war conditions and rigid paper control, it is now impossible for us to keep supplies of recent back numbers.

    1941 December, “Back Numbers of "The Railway Magazine"”, in Railway Magazine, page 574

    Synonyms: back issue

  2. Anything considered old-fashioned.

    Synonyms: has-been

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA back issue of a magazine, etc.

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back issue

nounAnything considered old-fashioned.

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has-been
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Cite this entry
APA

back number. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back%20number

MLA

“back number.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back%20number. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “back number,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back%20number.

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