back
- adverb
- /bæk/
- Well, I think we need to go back in time, way back.
- go back
- come back
- date back
Hi guys, welcome back to the book club.
- Hi guys, welcome back to the book club.
- And then I saw you coming back over the hill.
- Appreciate it, Adam and I'll be back here in two weeks.
- And we're being drawn back to this old society.
- I mean, and then just going back to China.
- Man, it is good to be back in the USAI AM.
- Hi, I'm Ken Jung and welcome back to Doc Support.
- Let me try to run my mind back to that, that fight.
- So start thinking and we'll be back after the break.
- That could be when you travel back from here already.
Examples
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Hi guys, welcome back to the book club.
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It's like we're back in high school all over again.
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Now their home is almost back to the way it was.
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And from here we are back where we started.
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Can I go back now?
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If you are confused, go back to the first video.
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Appreciate it, Adam and I'll be back here in two weeks.
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Hello friends and welcome back to the Vlog.
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It's been so long since I've been back to work.
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If you're unsure about the directions, just go back to the last intersection.
Synonyms
Return to a previous place, topic, or state
Go back to a place, state or activity
To return to a previous subject or point
To step away to an earlier place
To go back to a previous place or state
To go back to a previous state or way of doing things
To go back along the same route you have just taken
To go back along the same route you already took
To turn around and go back the way you came
To go back into a place or situation after leaving it
To suddenly see or feel a past event as if it is happening now
To go back along the same route you took
To go back to an earlier state or way of doing things
To go back along the path you came to return to the start
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A time in the past people remember with warm feelings, often when they were young
Know a place or thing very well because you have seen it many times
- Informal
Start again from the beginning when a plan or idea fails
- Informal
To try again after a failure, especially when you feel afraid
- Informal
To start doing your normal work and activities after a break
- Informal
In a situation with very few choices where you must try hard to survive or win
A style that looks formal at the front and casual at the back
- Informal
So generous that they would give almost everything to help others
Try to make things the way they were after they changed
- Informal
To notice things happening behind you without turning around
- Archaic
A future problem someone creates for themselves that causes trouble later
Treat someone in the same bad way they treated you
Compounds
- Jargon
A player in American football who runs with the ball to gain yards for the team
A promise from a seller to give back the full price if you are not satisfied
- Specialized
The part of a program that runs on a server and stores and processes data
- Specialized
A device you wear around your back to support it and help you sit or stand straight
- Specialized
A piece of code given to another function to run later when an action finishes
- Jargon
An official in American football who stands deep behind defenders to watch the play and enforce rules
- Specialized
Sections at the end of a book that give extra information like appendices and an index
- Specialized
A strong flow of hot gas pushed back from a fired weapon that can injure people behind it
- Specialized
A direction directly opposite the one you found that you use to check your position
- Specialized
A gymnastics move where a person lies on their back, arches their back and brings their feet to their head
- UK
A less-used hallway at the back of a building that people use for private or service access
- Specialized
A martial arts position with the back leg bent and the front leg straight for balance and quick movement
- Specialized
A vowel you make with the tongue near the back of the mouth, like the 'o' in pole
Surface Forms
Etymology
Back comes from the old English word bæc meaning 'rear' or 'behind', and it keeps the idea of returning, so to write or call back is to send an answer 'in return' or go back to an earlier point.