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To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- No, you are not fat; I take it all back.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: recant, unsay, abjure, backpedal, disavow, disown, eat one's words, recall, retract, revoke, swallow, take back, unspeak, walk back, withcall, withdraw
Antonyms: none provided
To cause (someone) to remember some past event or time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- That tune takes me back to my childhood.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To resume a relationship with (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- She has forgiven him, and taken him back.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To regain possession of (something).
Physically so.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The wedding is off, and he has taken back the ring.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reclaim
Antonyms: none provided
To regain possession of (something).
Culturally so.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The Queer community took back the word from their disparagers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reappropriate, reclaim
Antonyms: none provided
To return (something) to a vendor for a refund.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Take back faulty goods to the shop where you bought them.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
cause someone to remember the past
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This photo takes me back to the good old days
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remind
take back what one has said
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: swallow, unsay, withdraw
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disown, renounce, repudiate
move text to the previous line; in printing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move, displace
bring back to the point of departure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: return, bring back
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bring, convey, take
regain possession of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: repossess
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: take
resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relate
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
83 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
връщам
(vrǎštam)
— retract an earlier statement
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Bulgarian:
върна
(vǎrna)
— retract an earlier statement
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Chinese Mandarin:
撤回
(chèhuí)
— retract an earlier statement
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Czech:
vzít zpět
— retract an earlier statement
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Danish:
tage tilbage
— retract an earlier statement
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Esperanto:
retiri
— retract an earlier statement
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Finnish:
perua sanansa
— retract an earlier statement
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French:
retirer
— retract an earlier statement
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Hungarian:
visszavon
— retract an earlier statement
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Malay:
tarik balik
— retract an earlier statement
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Polish:
cofać
— retract an earlier statement
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Polish:
cofnąć
— retract an earlier statement
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Romanian:
retrage
— retract an earlier statement
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Serbo-Croatian:
povući
— retract an earlier statement
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Serbo-Croatian:
opozvati
— retract an earlier statement
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Spanish:
retirar
— retract an earlier statement
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Spanish:
retractarse
— retract an earlier statement
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Spanish:
desdecirse
— retract an earlier statement
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Swedish:
ta tillbaka
— retract an earlier statement
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Swedish:
ångra
— retract an earlier statement
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Bulgarian:
връщам
(vrǎštam)
— cause to remember some past event or time
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Bulgarian:
върна
(vǎrna)
— cause to remember some past event or time
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Danish:
genkalde
— cause to remember some past event or time
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French:
ramener
— cause to remember some past event or time
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Hungarian:
visszavisz
— cause to remember some past event or time
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Portuguese:
trazer de volta
— cause to remember some past event or time
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Russian:
возвращать в
(vozvraščatʹ v)
— cause to remember some past event or time
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Russian:
к
(k)
— cause to remember some past event or time
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Swedish:
återkalla
— cause to remember some past event or time
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Danish:
genoptage
— to resume a relationship
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Portuguese:
aceitar de volta
— to resume a relationship
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Portuguese:
reatar
— to resume a relationship
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Bulgarian:
връщам
(vrǎštam)
— to regain possession of something
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Bulgarian:
върна
(vǎrna)
— to regain possession of something
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Danish:
tage tilbage
— to regain possession of something
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Esperanto:
repreni
— to regain possession of something
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Finnish:
ottaa takaisin
— to regain possession of something
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French:
reprendre
— to regain possession of something
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French:
récupérer
— to regain possession of something
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Ancient Greek:
ἀναλαμβάνω
(analambánō)
— to regain possession of something
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Haitian Creole:
reprann
— to regain possession of something
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Hungarian:
visszavesz
— to regain possession of something
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Korean:
되찾다
(doechatda)
— to regain possession of something
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Persian:
پَس گِرِفتَن
(pas gereftan)
— to regain possession of something
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Polish:
odzyskiwać
— to regain possession of something
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Polish:
odzyskać
— to regain possession of something
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Portuguese:
pegar de volta
— to regain possession of something
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Swedish:
ta tillbaka
— to regain possession of something
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Swedish:
återta
— to regain possession of something
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Vietnamese:
lấy lại
— to regain possession of something
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Armenian:
վերադարձնել
(veradarjnel)
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Bulgarian:
връщам
(vrǎštam)
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Bulgarian:
върна
(vǎrna)
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Chinese Mandarin:
退貨 /退货
(tuìhuò)
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Danish:
reklamere
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Danish:
returnere
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Dutch:
terugbrengen
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Finnish:
palauttaa
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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French:
remporter
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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French:
retourner
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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French:
rapporter
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Hungarian:
visszavisz
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Japanese:
戻す
(modosu)
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Japanese:
返す
(kaesu)
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Latin:
redhibeō
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Latin:
reddo
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Persian:
برگشتن
(bargaštan)
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Persian:
بازگشتن
(bâzgaštan)
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Polish:
zwracać
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Polish:
zwrócić
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Portuguese:
levar de volta
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Portuguese:
devolver
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Portuguese:
retornar
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Russian:
возвраща́ть
(vozvraščátʹ)
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Russian:
возврати́ть
(vozvratítʹ)
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Russian:
верну́ть
(vernútʹ)
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Slovene:
vrniti
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Spanish:
devolver
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Spanish:
retrovender
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Swedish:
reklamera
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Swedish:
returnera
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Swedish:
återlämna
— to return something to a vendor for a refund
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Vietnamese:
trả lại
— to return something to a vendor for a refund