Meaning

5 senses
  1. (intransitive)To return to a place.

    zurückkommen, zurückkehren

    возвраща́тьсяvozvraščátʹsja, возврати́тьсяvozvratítʹsja, верну́тьсяvernútʹsja

    повернутисяpovernutysja

  2. (intransitive)To return to one's possession, especially of memories.

    Suddenly it all came back to him, the tea, the petite madeleines, his mother.

  3. (intransitive)To return to a relationship with a former romantic partner.

  4. (intransitive)To return to a former state, usually a desirable one; to become fashionable once more.

    Many people counted him out, but he came back better than ever.

    Paisley is coming back this year.

  5. (intransitive)To retort.

    He came back with one of his snide remarks.

More definitions
  • be restored
  • even the score, in sports
  • answer back
  • go back to something earlier

Examples

3344 sentences
  1. Wait here till I come back.

    Дочекайся мене. — aandrusiak

    ruЖди здесь, пока я не вернусь. — soweli_Elepanto

    deWarte hier, bis ich zurückkomme. — Espi

  2. Please wait until I come back.

    Будь ласка, почекайте на моє повернення. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, подождите, пока я вернусь. — redscorp

    deWarten Sie bitte, bis ich zurückkomme. — redscorp

  3. Wait here till he comes back.

    Почекай тут, поки він повернеться. — aandrusiak

    ruЖди здесь, пока он не вернётся. — marafon

    deWarte hier, bis er zurückkommt. — MUIRIEL

  4. They haven't come back home yet.

    Вони ще не прийшли додому. — aandrusiak

    ruОни ещё не вернулись домой. — Selena777

    deSie sind noch nicht zurück nach Hause gekommen. — Espi

  5. I'll leave when she comes back.

    Я піду, коли вона повернеться. — deniko

    ruЯ уйду, когда она вернётся. — marafon

    deIch werde gehen, wenn sie wiederkommt. — Yorwba

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
(intransitive) To return to a place:
Русский
By meaning 1
(intransitive) To return to a place:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
(intransitive) To return to a place:

Forms

comes back, coming back, came back, come back
Base formcome back · to come back
3rd person singularcomes back
Present participlecoming back
Past simplecame back
Past participlecome back

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycome back
he, she, itcomes back

Past simpleLesson

all personscame back

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill come back

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

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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