"give back" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-give back.ogg Forms: gives back [present, singular, third-person], giving back [participle, present], gave back [past], given back [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> back}} give back (third-person singular simple present gives back, present participle giving back, simple past gave back, past participle given back)
  1. (transitive) To return, restore (a thing to its original owner or location etc.). Tags: transitive Translations (to return): ἀποδίδωμι (apodídōmi) (Ancient Greek), аддава́ць (addavácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), адда́ць (addácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), вярта́ць (vjartácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), вярнуц́ь (vjarnućʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), връ́щам (vrǎ́štam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), повръ́щам (povrǎ́štam) [perfective] (Bulgarian), tornar (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (huán) (Chinese Mandarin), 交還 (Chinese Mandarin), 交还 (jiāohuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 交回 (jiāohuí) (Chinese Mandarin), 歸還 (Chinese Mandarin), 归还 (guīhuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 送還 (Chinese Mandarin), 送还 (sònghuán) (Chinese Mandarin), vracet [imperfective] (Czech), vrátit [perfective] (Czech), redoni (Esperanto), palauttaa (Finnish), antaa takaisin (Finnish), rendre (French), rindi (Friulian), devolver (Galician), zurückgeben (German), visszaad (Hungarian), rendere (Italian), 返す (kaesu) (alt: かえす) (Japanese), ត្រឡប់ (trɑlɑp) (Khmer), reddō (Latin), враќа (vraḱa) [imperfective] (Macedonian), врати (vrati) [perfective] (Macedonian), uredjeza (Ngazidja Comorian), gjengi (Norwegian Bokmål), āġiefan (Old English), برگرداندن (bargardândan) (Persian), پِس دادَن (pas dâdan) (Persian), oddawać [imperfective] (Polish), oddać [perfective] (Polish), zwracać impf zwrócić [perfective] (Polish), devolver (Portuguese), înapoia (Romanian), reda (Romanian), a da înapoi (Romanian), render (Romansch), возвраща́ть (vozvraščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), верну́ть (vernútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), отдава́ть (otdavátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отда́ть (otdátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), враћати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), вратити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), vraćati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), vratiti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), vracať [imperfective] (Slovak), vrátiť [perfective] (Slovak), vračati [imperfective] (Slovene), vrniti [perfective] (Slovene), devolver (Spanish), -rudisha (Swahili), återlämna (Swedish), คืน (kʉʉn) (Thai), віддава́ти (viddaváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відда́ти (viddáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), поверта́ти (povertáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), поверну́ти (povernúty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), trả (Vietnamese), trả lại (Vietnamese), rinde (Walloon), ridner (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-give_back-en-verb-haY4UYce Disambiguation of 'to return': 77 23 0
  2. (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-give_back-en-verb-OCCTWohM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "back", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Friulian translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Romansch translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Walloon translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 77 5 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "back": 16 74 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 81 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 75 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 85 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 33 58 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 20 71 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 73 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 75 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 24 69 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 12 78 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 75 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 71 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Friulian translations: 20 72 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 20 72 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 79 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 33 62 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 78 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 12 78 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 20 72 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 12 78 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 22 70 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 20 72 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations: 19 74 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 22 69 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 21 70 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 22 70 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 69 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 71 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 20 72 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Romansch translations: 12 78 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 78 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 19 74 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 22 70 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 22 70 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 77 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 13 78 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 75 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 22 70 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 20 72 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 22 70 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 20 71 9
  3. (archaic) To recede; to retreat. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-give_back-en-verb-Obn3ZThx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: giveback [noun]

Inflected forms

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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Give me back my book!",
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        "To return, restore (a thing to its original owner or location etc.)."
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        "(transitive) To return, restore (a thing to its original owner or location etc.)."
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          "roman": "addavácʹ",
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          "roman": "vjarnućʹ",
          "sense": "to return",
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          "word": "вярнуц́ь"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vrǎ́štam",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "връ́щам"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "povrǎ́štam",
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "tornar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "還"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huán",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "还"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "交還"
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        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiāohuán",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "交还"
        },
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          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiāohuí",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "交回"
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          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "歸還"
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          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guīhuán",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "归还"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "送還"
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        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "sònghuán",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "送还"
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          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "vrátit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "redoni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "palauttaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "antaa takaisin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "rendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "rindi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "devolver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "zurückgeben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "apodídōmi",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "ἀποδίδωμι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "visszaad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "rendere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "alt": "かえす",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kaesu",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "返す"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "trɑlɑp",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "ត្រឡប់"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "reddō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vraḱa",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "враќа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vrati",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "врати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "uredjeza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "gjengi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "āġiefan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bargardândan",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "برگرداندن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "pas dâdan",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "پِس دادَن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "oddawać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "oddać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zwracać impf zwrócić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "devolver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "înapoia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "reda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "a da înapoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "render"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vozvraščátʹ",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "возвраща́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vernútʹ",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "верну́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otdavátʹ",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "отдава́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otdátʹ",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "отда́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "враћати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "вратити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "vraćati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
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          "word": "vratiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "vracať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "vrátiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "vračati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "vrniti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "devolver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "-rudisha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "återlämna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kʉʉn",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "คืน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "viddaváty",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "віддава́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "viddáty",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "відда́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "povertáty",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "поверта́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "povernúty",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "поверну́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "trả"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "trả lại"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "rinde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "ridner"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "враћати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вратити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vraćati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vratiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vracať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vrátiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vračati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vrniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "devolver"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "-rudisha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "återlämna"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kʉʉn",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "คืน"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "viddaváty",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "віддава́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "viddáty",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відда́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povertáty",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "поверта́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povernúty",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "поверну́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "trả"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "trả lại"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "rinde"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "ridner"
    }
  ],
  "word": "give back"
}

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