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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "goes back",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "going back",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "went back",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "gone back",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
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},
"expansion": "go back (third-person singular simple present goes back, present participle going back, simple past went back, past participle gone back)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Burmese terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
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},
{
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},
{
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"name": "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
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"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "go back on"
},
{
"word": "go back to"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "We were getting cold so we decided to go back.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Humans had discovered fire and there was no going back.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1",
"text": "Wrex: I escaped with my life. But not before I sank my dagger deep into my father's chest.\nWrex: That... is why I left. And that's why I'll never go back.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time."
],
"id": "en-go_back-en-verb-K00C4SmP",
"links": [
[
"return",
"return"
],
[
"previous",
"previous"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "come back"
},
{
"word": "turn back"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "pran",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "ပြန်"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "igaluga",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "ᎢᎦᎷᎦ"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "iega",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "ᎢᎡᎦ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "go back",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huíqu",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "回去"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎnhuí",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "返回"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "teruggaan"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "reveturi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "reiri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "palata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "mennä takaisin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "rentrer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "retourner"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "tornâ"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "volver"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "voltar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "retornar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "regresar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "zurückgehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "zurückfahren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "visszamegy"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "regresar"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "retroirar"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "rivenar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "tornare"
},
{
"alt": "もどる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "modoru",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "戻る"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "trɑlɑp",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "ត្រឡប់"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "doragada",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "돌아가다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "royiştnewe",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "ڕۆیشتنەوە"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "tornar atras"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kap pai",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "ກັບໄປ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "mư̄a",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "ເມືອ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "redeō"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "kembali"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "rentrer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "voltar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "întoarce"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozvraščátʹsja",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "возвраща́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozvratítʹsja",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "возврати́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vernútʹsja",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "верну́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "regresar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "volver"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "kurejea"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "glàp bpai",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "กลับไป"
},
{
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "ṯb",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "𐎘𐎁"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "povertatysja",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "повертатися"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "trở lại"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "raler"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bytʹ znakómymi",
"sense": "to have known each other",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "быть знако́мыми"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to have known each other",
"word": "s' awè cnoxhou"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bratʹ načálo",
"sense": "to extend into past time",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "брать нача́ло"
},
{
"alt": "назад во времени",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prostirátʹsja",
"sense": "to extend into past time",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "простира́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "datírovatʹsja",
"sense": "to extend into past time",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дати́роваться"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something",
"word": "revenir"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something",
"word": "rinoyî"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"english": "given word",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something",
"word": "rimagnî"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something",
"word": "rivni"
}
]
}
],
"word": "go back"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "go back on"
},
{
"word": "go back to"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "goes back",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "going back",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "went back",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "gone back",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "go<goes,,went,gone> back"
},
"expansion": "go back (third-person singular simple present goes back, present participle going back, simple past went back, past participle gone back)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "come back"
},
{
"word": "turn back"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Burmese terms with redundant script codes",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs with particle (back)",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English verbs",
"Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
"Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "We were getting cold so we decided to go back.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Humans had discovered fire and there was no going back.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1",
"text": "Wrex: I escaped with my life. But not before I sank my dagger deep into my father's chest.\nWrex: That... is why I left. And that's why I'll never go back.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time."
],
"links": [
[
"return",
"return"
],
[
"previous",
"previous"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "pran",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "ပြန်"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "igaluga",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "ᎢᎦᎷᎦ"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "iega",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "ᎢᎡᎦ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "go back",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huíqu",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "回去"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎnhuí",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "返回"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "teruggaan"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "reveturi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "reiri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "palata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "mennä takaisin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "rentrer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "retourner"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "tornâ"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "volver"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "voltar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "retornar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "regresar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "zurückgehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "zurückfahren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "visszamegy"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "regresar"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "retroirar"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "rivenar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "tornare"
},
{
"alt": "もどる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "modoru",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "戻る"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "trɑlɑp",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "ត្រឡប់"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "doragada",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "돌아가다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "royiştnewe",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "ڕۆیشتنەوە"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "tornar atras"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kap pai",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "ກັບໄປ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "mư̄a",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "ເມືອ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "redeō"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "kembali"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "rentrer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "voltar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "întoarce"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozvraščátʹsja",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "возвраща́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozvratítʹsja",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "возврати́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vernútʹsja",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "верну́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "regresar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "volver"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "kurejea"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "glàp bpai",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "กลับไป"
},
{
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "ṯb",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "𐎘𐎁"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "povertatysja",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "повертатися"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "trở lại"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to return to a place",
"word": "raler"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bytʹ znakómymi",
"sense": "to have known each other",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "быть знако́мыми"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to have known each other",
"word": "s' awè cnoxhou"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bratʹ načálo",
"sense": "to extend into past time",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "брать нача́ло"
},
{
"alt": "назад во времени",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prostirátʹsja",
"sense": "to extend into past time",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "простира́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "datírovatʹsja",
"sense": "to extend into past time",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дати́роваться"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something",
"word": "revenir"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something",
"word": "rinoyî"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"english": "given word",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something",
"word": "rimagnî"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to abandon, desert, betray or fail someone or something",
"word": "rivni"
}
],
"word": "go back"
}
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