"comeback" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʌmbæk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comeback.wav Forms: comebacks [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from come back. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|come back}} Deverbal from come back Head templates: {{en-noun}} comeback (plural comebacks)
  1. A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance. Translations (return to fame etc.): връщане (vrǎštane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 東山再起 (Chinese Mandarin), 东山再起 (dōngshānzàiqǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), tilbagekomst [common-gender] (Danish), comeback [neuter] (Danish), afturkoma [feminine] (Faroese), paluu (Finnish), comeback (Finnish), Rückkehr [feminine] (German), Comeback [neuter] (German), endurkoma [feminine] (Icelandic), afturkoma [feminine] (Icelandic), 復活 (fukkatsu) (Japanese), カムバック (kamubakku) (Japanese), 재기 (jaegi) (alt: 再起) (Korean), 컴백 (keombaek) (Korean), comeback [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), gjenkomst (Norwegian Bokmål), comeback [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), gjenkomst (Norwegian Nynorsk), comeback [masculine] (Polish), возвраще́ние (vozvraščénije) [neuter] (Russian), камбэ́к (kambɛ́k) (note: of movie stars) [masculine, neologism] (Russian), retorno [masculine] (Spanish), repunte [masculine] (Spanish), återkomst [common-gender] (Swedish), comeback [common-gender] (Swedish), пове́рнення (povérnennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), камбе́к (kambék) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one. Synonyms: rejoinder, retort Translations (retort or answer): отговор (otgovor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), възражение (vǎzraženie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 機智回應 (Chinese Mandarin), 机智回应 (jīzhì huíyìng) (Chinese Mandarin), vastaveto (Finnish), repartie [feminine] (French), visszavágás (Hungarian), riposzt (Hungarian), kupu paremata (Maori), riposta [feminine] (Polish), contrarréplica [feminine] (Spanish), despachurramiento [masculine] (Spanish), espachurramiento [masculine] (Spanish), despachurro [masculine] (Spanish)
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  3. (sports) An occurrence of an athlete or sports team in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage in points to win or draw. Categories (topical): Sports Translations (sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage): remuntada [feminine] (Catalan), 逆轉勝 (Chinese Mandarin), 逆转胜 (Chinese Mandarin), nousu (Finnish), remontée [feminine] (French), comeback [masculine] (French), ανατροπή (anatropí) [feminine] (Greek), کامبک (kâmbak) (Persian), virada [feminine] (Portuguese), remontada [feminine] (Spanish), камбе́к (kambék) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: comeback kid, comeback money, comeback queen, comeback sauce Related terms: come back

Verb

IPA: /ˈkʌmbæk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-comeback.wav
Etymology: Deverbal from come back. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|come back}} Deverbal from come back Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} comeback
  1. Misspelling of come back. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: come back
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Inflected forms

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          "text": "According to rumors in the entertainment world on December 6, Girls' Generation will be making a comeback next year with a masculine concept. They have supposedly decided on the title song in their new album and have begun filming the music video on December 6. It appears they have started preparing for a full-scale comeback! It will be the girls' first Korean comeback in a year since \"I Got a Boy.\"",
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          "sense": "return to fame etc.",
          "word": "東山再起"
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          "sense": "return to fame etc.",
          "word": "paluu"
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          "sense": "return to fame etc.",
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          "word": "Rückkehr"
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          "sense": "return to fame etc.",
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          "word": "復活"
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      "word": "东山再起"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "paluu"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "return to fame etc.",
      "word": "復活"
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      "roman": "kamubakku",
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      "word": "カムバック"
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      "alt": "再起",
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      "sense": "return to fame etc.",
      "word": "재기"
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      "word": "컴백"
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      "word": "gjenkomst"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "return to fame etc.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "возвраще́ние"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "return to fame etc.",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "återkomst"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "uk",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "пове́рнення"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "vǎzraženie",
      "sense": "retort or answer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "възражение"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "retort or answer",
      "word": "機智回應"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīzhì huíyìng",
      "sense": "retort or answer",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "vastaveto"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "retort or answer",
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      "word": "repartie"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "retort or answer",
      "word": "kupu paremata"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "retort or answer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "riposta"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "remuntada"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage",
      "word": "逆轉勝"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage",
      "word": "逆转胜"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage",
      "word": "nousu"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "remontée"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "comeback"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anatropí",
      "sense": "sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ανατροπή"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kâmbak",
      "sense": "sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "virada"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "remontada"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kambék",
      "sense": "sports: overcoming a substantial disadvantage",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "камбе́к"
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