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To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- We were getting cold so we decided to go back.
- Humans had discovered fire and there was no going back.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
regain a former condition after a financial loss
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90
- The company managed to recuperate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: recover, recuperate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
Narrower terms: rally, rebound
return in thought or speech to something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: recur
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hark back, return, come back, recall
belong to an earlier time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This story dates back 200 years
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: date back, date from
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: originate, initiate, start
Narrower terms: ascend
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Burmese:
ပြန်
(pran)
— to return to a place
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Cherokee:
ᎢᎦᎷᎦ
(igaluga)
— to return to a place
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Cherokee:
ᎢᎡᎦ
(iega)
— to return to a place
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Chinese Mandarin:
回去
(huíqu)
— to return to a place
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Chinese Mandarin:
返回
(fǎnhuí)
— to return to a place
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Dutch:
teruggaan
— to return to a place
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Esperanto:
reveturi
— to return to a place
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Esperanto:
reiri
— to return to a place
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Finnish:
palata
— to return to a place
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Finnish:
mennä takaisin
— to return to a place
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French:
rentrer
— to return to a place
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French:
retourner
— to return to a place
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Friulian:
tornâ
— to return to a place
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Galician:
volver
— to return to a place
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Galician:
voltar
— to return to a place
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Galician:
retornar
— to return to a place
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Galician:
regresar
— to return to a place
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German:
zurückgehen
— to return to a place
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German:
zurückfahren
— to return to a place
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Hungarian:
visszamegy
— to return to a place
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Ido:
regresar
— to return to a place
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Ido:
retroirar
— to return to a place
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Ido:
rivenar
— to return to a place
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Italian:
tornare
— to return to a place
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Japanese:
戻る
(modoru)
— to return to a place
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Japanese:
帰る
(kaeru)
— to return to a place
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Khmer:
ត្រឡប់
(trɑlɑp)
— to return to a place
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Korean:
돌아가다
(doragada)
— to return to a place
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Central Kurdish:
ڕۆیشتنەوە
(royiştnewe)
— to return to a place
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Ladino:
tornar atras
— to return to a place
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Lao:
ກັບໄປ
(kap pai)
— to return to a place
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Lao:
ເມືອ
(mư̄a)
— to return to a place
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Latin:
redeō
— to return to a place
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Malay:
kembali
— to return to a place
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Norman:
rentrer
— to return to a place
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Portuguese:
voltar
— to return to a place
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Romanian:
întoarce
— to return to a place
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Russian:
возвраща́ться
(vozvraščátʹsja)
— to return to a place
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Russian:
возврати́ться
(vozvratítʹsja)
— to return to a place
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Russian:
верну́ться
(vernútʹsja)
— to return to a place
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Swahili:
kurejea
— to return to a place
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Thai:
กลับไป
(glàp bpai)
— to return to a place
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Ottoman Turkish:
دونمك
(dönmek)
— to return to a place
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Ugaritic:
𐎘𐎁
(ṯb)
— to return to a place
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Ukrainian:
повертатися
(povertatysja)
— to return to a place
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Vietnamese:
trở lại
— to return to a place
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Walloon:
raler
— to return to a place
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Russian:
быть знако́мыми
(bytʹ znakómymi)
— to have known each other
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Walloon:
s' awè cnoxhou
— to have known each other
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Russian:
брать нача́ло
(bratʹ načálo)
— to extend into past time
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Russian:
простира́ться
(prostirátʹsja)
— to extend into past time
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Russian:
дати́роваться
(datírovatʹsja)
— to extend into past time
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French:
revenir
— to abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something
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Walloon:
rinoyî
— to abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something
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Walloon:
rimagnî
— to abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something
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Walloon:
rivni
— to abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something
