back
To or in a previous condition or placeTo or in a previous condition or place.
» I'm glad to see you back.
Es freut mich, dich wiederzusehen.
Я рад видеть, что ты вернулся.
Я радий бачити, що ти повернувся.
Я радий знову тебе бачити.
Meaning
11 senses(not comparable)To or in a previous condition or place.
He gave back the money.
I left my mobile phone back at the hotel. I’ll have to go back and get it.
zurück, wieder da
наза́дnazád, обра́тноobrátno, вспятьvspjatʹ
наза́дnazád
in or to or toward an original condition
In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
Someone pushed me in the chest and I fell back.
The grandfather clock toppled back and crashed to the ground.
In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
Wind the film back a few frames.
Don’t forget to put the clocks back by one hour tonight!
Towards, into or in the past.
These records go back years.
He built a time machine and travelled back to 1800.
in or to or toward a past time
Away from someone or something; at a distance.
Keep back! It could explode at any moment!
Away from the front or from an edge (of something or someone).
Sit all the way back in your chair.
Step back from the curb.
наза́дnazád
So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
This tree is dying back.
Clear back all this vegetation.
In a manner that impedes.
Fear held him back.
(not comparable)In a reciprocal manner; in return.
If you hurt me, I’ll hurt you back.
The light bounces back off the mirror.
(postpositional)Earlier, ago.
We met many years back.
I last saw him a day or two back.
To a later point in time. See also put back.
The meeting has been moved back an hour. It was at 3 o’clock; now it's at 4 o’clock.
Examples
20651 sentencesI'm glad to see you back.
Я радий бачити, що ти повернувся.
ruЯ рад видеть, что ты вернулся.
deEs freut mich, dich wiederzusehen.
Wait here till I come back.
Дочекайся мене.
ruЖди здесь, пока я не вернусь.
deWarte hier, bis ich zurückkomme.
So nice that you are back.
Так добре, що ти повернувся.
I'll be back within an hour.
Я повернуся протягом години.
ruЯ вернусь в течение часа.
deIn einer Stunde bin ich wieder da.
Let's turn and go back now.
Давай зараз розвернемося і підемо назад.
deLass uns jetzt umkehren!
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English bak, from Old English bæc, from Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-GFrom Middle English bak, from Old English bæc, from Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend”). The adverb represents an aphetic form of aback.
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Forms
further back/farther back, furthest back/farthest back| Comparative | further back / farther back Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | furthest back / farthest back |
irregular
Synonyms
4 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
Collocations
12 patterns- go back to
- come back
- go back
- coming coming back
- get back
- to go back
- came came back
- back home
- to come back
- get back to
- in the back
- coming back