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To return to a place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To return to one's possession, especially of memories.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Suddenly it all came back to him, the tea, the petite madeleines, his mother.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To return to a relationship with a former romantic partner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To return to a former state, usually a desirable one; to become fashionable once more.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Many people counted him out, but he came back better than ever.
- Paisley is coming back this year.
- I'll come back to the harder questions after finishing the rest of the test.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To retort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- He came back with one of his snide remarks.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
be restored
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: return
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reappear, re-emerge
answer back
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: retort, repay, return, riposte, rejoin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: answer, reply, respond
go back to something earlier
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This harks back to a previous remark of his
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hark back, return, recall
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: denote, refer
Narrower terms: recur, go back
even the score, in sports
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: catch up
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عَادَ
(ʕāda)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Arabic:
رَجَعَ
(rajaʕa)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Arabic:
رِجِع
(rijiʕ)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Armenian:
վերադառնալ
(veradaṙnal)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Cebuano:
balik
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Cherokee:
ᎢᎦᎷᎦ
(igaluga)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Chinese Mandarin:
回來 /回来
(huílai)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Chinese Mandarin:
返回
(fǎnhuí)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Czech:
vrátit se
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Dutch:
terugkomen
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Esperanto:
reveni
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Estonian:
naasma
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Faroese:
koma aftur
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Finnish:
palata
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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French:
revenir
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Friulian:
tornâ
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Galician:
voltar
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Galician:
retornar
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Georgian:
დაბრუნება
(dabruneba)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Georgian:
ბრუნდება
(brundeba)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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German:
zurückkommen
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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German:
zurückkehren
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Greek:
ξανάρχομαι
(xanárchomai)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Hebrew:
שָׁב
(shav)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Hindi:
वापस आना
(vāpas ānā)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Indonesian:
kembali
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Indonesian:
balik
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Irish:
tar ar ais
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Irish:
fill
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Italian:
tornare
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Japanese:
戻る
(modoru)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Japanese:
帰る
(kaeru)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Kapampangan:
magbalik
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Kapampangan:
umuli
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Khmer:
ត្រឡប់មកវិញ
(trɑlɑp mɔɔk vɨɲ)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Khmer:
ត្រឡប់
(trɑlɑp)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Korean:
돌아오다
(doraoda)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Central Kurdish:
گەڕانەوە
(gerranewe)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Lao:
ກັບມາ
(kap mā)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Lao:
ເມືອ
(mư̄a)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Latin:
reveniō
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Latin:
redeō
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Norman:
r'vénîn
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Norwegian:
returnere
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Norwegian:
komme tilbake
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Persian:
برگشتن
(bargaštan)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Polish:
wracać
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Polish:
wrócić
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Portuguese:
voltar
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Quechua:
kutiy
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Quechua:
t'ikray
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Romanian:
întoarce
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Russian:
возвраща́ться
(vozvraščátʹsja)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Russian:
возврати́ться
(vozvratítʹsja)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Russian:
верну́ться
(vernútʹsja)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Serbo-Croatian:
vrati se
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Slovak:
prísť späť
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Slovak:
vrátiť sa
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Slovak:
navrátiť sa
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Slovene:
vrni se
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Swedish:
komma tillbaka
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Thai:
กลับมา
(glàp maa)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Ottoman Turkish:
دونمك
(dönmek)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Ugaritic:
𐎘𐎁
(ṯb)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Ukrainian:
повернутися
(povernutysja)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Urdu:
واپس آنا
(vāpas ānā)
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Vietnamese:
trở lại
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Vietnamese:
trở về
— (''intransitive'') To return to a place
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Spanish:
contrarreplicar
— to retort
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Spanish:
revirar
— to retort
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Spanish:
reponer
— to retort
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Spanish:
despanchurrar
— to retort
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Spanish:
despachurrar
— to retort
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Spanish:
espanchurrar
— to retort
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Spanish:
retrucar
— to retort
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Spanish:
remontarse
— to return to a desirable state
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Spanish:
repuntar
— to return to a desirable state
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Spanish:
desquitarse
— to return to a desirable state
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Spanish:
recobrarse
— to return to a desirable state