See come back in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "comes back",
"tags": [
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "coming back",
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"present"
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"expansion": "come back (third-person singular simple present comes back, present participle coming back, simple past came back, past participle come back)",
"name": "en-verb"
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"ref": "1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:",
"text": "But he never knew that it really was his own Bunny, come back to look at the child who had first helped him to be Real.",
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"To return to a place."
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"(intransitive) To return to a place."
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "ʕāda",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "عَادَ"
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"code": "ar",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "رَجَعَ"
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"roman": "rijiʕ",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"word": "رِجِع"
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "veradaṙnal",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "վերադառնալ"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "balik"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "igaluga",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "ᎢᎦᎷᎦ"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "回來"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huílai",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "回来"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "fǎnhuí",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "返回"
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "vrátit se"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "terugkomen"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "reveni"
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "naasma"
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "koma aftur"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "palata"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "revenir"
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"code": "fur",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "tornâ"
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"code": "gl",
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"word": "retornar"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "dabruneba",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "დაბრუნება"
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"roman": "brundeba",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "ბრუნდება"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "zurückkommen"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "zurückkehren"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xanárchomai",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "ξανάρχομαι"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "shav",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "שָׁב"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "vāpas ānā",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "वापस आना"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "kembali"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "balik"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "tar ar ais"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "fill"
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{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "tornare"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"alt": "もどる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "modoru",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "戻る"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"alt": "かえる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaeru",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "帰る"
},
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "trɑlɑp mɔɔk vɨɲ",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "ត្រឡប់មកវិញ"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "trɑlɑp",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "ត្រឡប់"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "doraoda",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "돌아오다"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "gerranewe",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "گەڕانەوە"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kap mā",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "ກັບມາ"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "mư̄a",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "ເມືອ"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "reveniō"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "redeō"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "r'vénîn"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "returnere"
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{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "komme tilbake"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "dönmek",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "دونمك"
},
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bargaštan",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "برگشتن"
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{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "wracać"
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{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "wrócić"
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{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "voltar"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "kutiy"
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{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "t'ikray"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "întoarce"
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{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozvraščátʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "возвраща́ться"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "vozvratítʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"perfective"
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"word": "возврати́ться"
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"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vernútʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "верну́ться"
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{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "prísť späť"
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{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "vrátiť sa"
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{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "navrátiť sa"
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{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "volver"
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{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "regresar"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "remontarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "repuntar"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "komma tillbaka"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "glàp maa",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "กลับมา"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "ṯb",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "𐎘𐎁"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "povernutysja",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "повернутися"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "vāpas ānā",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "واپس آنا"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "trở lại"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 19 20 21 4",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "trở về"
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"text": "Suddenly it all came back to him, the tea, the petite madeleines, his mother.",
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"To return to one's possession, especially of memories."
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"return"
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"possession"
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"memory"
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"(intransitive) To return to one's possession, especially of memories."
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "retornar"
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "დაბრუნება"
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "ბრუნდება"
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "trɑlɑp mɔɔk vɨɲ",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "ត្រឡប់មកវិញ"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "trɑlɑp",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"code": "ko",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"code": "ckb",
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"roman": "gerranewe",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"code": "lo",
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"roman": "kap mā",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "ກັບມາ"
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"code": "lo",
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"roman": "mư̄a",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "ເມືອ"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "komme tilbake"
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"code": "ota",
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"roman": "dönmek",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "دونمك"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bargaštan",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "برگشتن"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "voltar"
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"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "kutiy"
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"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"word": "возврати́ться"
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"roman": "vernútʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
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"word": "верну́ться"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "prísť späť"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "vrátiť sa"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "navrátiť sa"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "volver"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "regresar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "remontarse"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "repuntar"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "komma tillbaka"
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"code": "th",
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"roman": "glàp maa",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "กลับมา"
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"code": "uga",
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"roman": "ṯb",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "𐎘𐎁"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "povernutysja",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "повернутися"
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"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "vāpas ānā",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "واپس آنا"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "trở lại"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "(intransitive) To return to a place",
"word": "trở về"
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"sense": "to retort",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.