Meaning

4 senses
  1. (ditransitive, transitive)To fetch something.

    I brought back the groceries.

    If you're going to the store, could you bring me back some chocolate?

  2. (transitive)To cause someone to remember something from the past.

    The smell of the magnolia brought back sweet memories of my childhood.

  3. (transitive)To reenact an old rule or law.

    In the UK it is customary to hold a vote every few years on whether to bring back the death penalty.

  4. (transitive)To revive, to resurrect; to cause something dead to be alive once again.

More definitions
  • call to mind
  • bring back to the point of departure

Examples

335 sentences
  1. I'll bring the book back to you tomorrow.

    Я поверну тобі цю книгу завтра. — uaspeaker

    ruЯ верну тебе эту книгу завтра. — Hellerick

  2. This place brings back many memories of my childhood.

    Це місце викликає багато спогадів із мого дитинства. — deniko

    deHier werden Kindheitserinnerungen wach. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. This brings back so many memories.

    Це викликає стільки спогадів... — deniko

    ruЭто пробуждает столько воспоминаний. — marafon

    deDas weckt so viele Erinnerungen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I'll bring it back.

    Я поверну його. — deniko

    ruЯ принесу его обратно. — odexed

    deIch werde es wieder herbringen. — brauchinet

  5. I'll bring it back tomorrow.

    Я поверну його завтра. — deniko

Translations

1 languages

Forms

brings back, bringing back, brought back, brought back
Base formbring back · to bring back
3rd person singularbrings back
Present participlebringing back
Past simplebrought back
Past participlebrought back

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybring back
he, she, itbrings back

Past simpleLesson

all personsbrought back

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave brought back
he, she, ithas brought back

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bring back

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbringback

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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