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To return, restore (a thing to its original owner or location etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive
Examples
- We organize this Thanksgiving dinner at the old-age home to give back to the community.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To recede; to retreat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
pay back
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Please refund me my money
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: refund, return, repay
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pay
Narrower terms: reimburse, restore, restitute
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
аддава́ць
(addavácʹ)
— to return
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Belarusian:
адда́ць
(addácʹ)
— to return
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Belarusian:
вярта́ць
(vjartácʹ)
— to return
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Belarusian:
вярнуц́ь
(vjarnućʹ)
— to return
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Bulgarian:
връ́щам
(vrǎ́štam)
— to return
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Bulgarian:
повръ́щам
(povrǎ́štam)
— to return
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Catalan:
tornar
— to return
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Chinese Mandarin:
還 /还
(huán)
— to return
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Chinese Mandarin:
交還 /交还
(jiāohuán)
— to return
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Chinese Mandarin:
交回
(jiāohuí)
— to return
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Chinese Mandarin:
歸還 /归还
(guīhuán)
— to return
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Chinese Mandarin:
送還 /送还
(sònghuán)
— to return
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Ngazidja Comorian:
uredjeza
— to return
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Czech:
vracet
— to return
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Czech:
vrátit
— to return
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Esperanto:
redoni
— to return
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Finnish:
palauttaa
— to return
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Finnish:
antaa takaisin
— to return
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French:
rendre
— to return
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Friulian:
rindi
— to return
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Galician:
devolver
— to return
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German:
zurückgeben
— to return
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Ancient Greek:
ἀποδίδωμι
(apodídōmi)
— to return
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Hungarian:
visszaad
— to return
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Italian:
rendere
— to return
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Japanese:
返す
(kaesu)
— to return
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Khmer:
ត្រឡប់
(trɑlɑp)
— to return
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Latin:
reddō
— to return
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Macedonian:
враќа
(vraḱa)
— to return
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Macedonian:
врати
(vrati)
— to return
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Norwegian Bokmål:
gjengi
— to return
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Old English:
āġiefan
— to return
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Persian:
برگرداندن
(bargardândan)
— to return
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Persian:
پِس دادَن
(pas dâdan)
— to return
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Polish:
oddawać
— to return
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Polish:
oddać
— to return
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Polish:
zwracać impf zwrócić
— to return
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Portuguese:
devolver
— to return
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Romanian:
înapoia
— to return
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Romanian:
reda
— to return
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Romanian:
a da înapoi
— to return
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Romansh:
render
— to return
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Russian:
возвраща́ть
(vozvraščátʹ)
— to return
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Russian:
верну́ть
(vernútʹ)
— to return
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Russian:
отдава́ть
(otdavátʹ)
— to return
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Russian:
отда́ть
(otdátʹ)
— to return
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Serbo-Croatian:
враћати
— to return
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Serbo-Croatian:
вратити
— to return
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Serbo-Croatian:
vraćati
— to return
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Serbo-Croatian:
vratiti
— to return
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Slovak:
vracať
— to return
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Slovak:
vrátiť
— to return
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Slovene:
vračati
— to return
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Slovene:
vrniti
— to return
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Spanish:
devolver
— to return
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Swahili:
-rudisha
— to return
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Swedish:
återlämna
— to return
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Thai:
คืน
(kʉʉn)
— to return
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Ukrainian:
віддава́ти
(viddaváty)
— to return
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Ukrainian:
відда́ти
(viddáty)
— to return
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Ukrainian:
поверта́ти
(povertáty)
— to return
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Ukrainian:
поверну́ти
(povernúty)
— to return
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Vietnamese:
trả
— to return
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Vietnamese:
trả lại
— to return
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Walloon:
rinde
— to return
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Walloon:
ridner
— to return
