"give back" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-give back.ogg [Australia] 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), 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 Derived forms: giveback [noun]
    Sense id: en-give_back-en-verb-OCCTWohM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (back) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 76 5 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (back): 26 63 11
  3. (archaic) To recede; to retreat. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-give_back-en-verb-Obn3ZThx

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
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          "word": "връ́щам"
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          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
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          "roman": "povrǎ́štam",
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          "word": "повръ́щам"
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          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "tornar"
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          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "還"
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          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huán",
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          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
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          "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"
        },
        {
          "_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"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guīhuán",
          "sense": "to return",
          "word": "归还"
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          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "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",
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          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_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": "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"
          ],
          "word": "vraćati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 23 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to return",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "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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          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
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        {
          "text": "We organize this Thanksgiving dinner at the old-age home to give back to the community.",
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        "To contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success."
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        "(transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
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    },
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        "To recede; to retreat."
      ],
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          "retreat"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To recede; to retreat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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  "word": "give back"
}
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    },
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      "form": "gave back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Give me back my book!",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To return, restore (a thing to its original owner or location etc.)."
      ],
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        [
          "return",
          "return"
        ],
        [
          "restore",
          "restore"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To return, restore (a thing to its original owner or location etc.)."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
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        {
          "text": "We organize this Thanksgiving dinner at the old-age home to give back to the community.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To recede; to retreat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "recede",
          "recede"
        ],
        [
          "retreat",
          "retreat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To recede; to retreat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "addavácʹ",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "аддава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "addácʹ",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "адда́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vjartácʹ",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вярта́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vjarnućʹ",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вярнуц́ь"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vrǎ́štam",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "връ́щам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "povrǎ́štam",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "повръ́щам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "tornar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "還"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huán",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "还"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "交還"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāohuán",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "交还"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāohuí",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "交回"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "歸還"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guīhuán",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "归还"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "送還"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sònghuán",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "送还"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vracet"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vrátit"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "redoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "palauttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "antaa takaisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "rendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "rindi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "devolver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "zurückgeben"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apodídōmi",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "ἀποδίδωμι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "visszaad"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "rendere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かえす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaesu",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "返す"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "trɑlɑp",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "ត្រឡប់"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "reddō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vraḱa",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "враќа"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vrati",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "врати"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "uredjeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "āġiefan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bargardândan",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "برگرداندن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pas dâdan",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "پِس دادَن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oddawać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "oddać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zwracać impf zwrócić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "devolver"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "înapoia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "reda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "a da înapoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to return",
      "word": "render"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozvraščátʹ",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "возвраща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vernútʹ",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "верну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otdavátʹ",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отдава́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otdátʹ",
      "sense": "to return",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отда́ть"
    },
    {
      "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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