Dictionary

give back en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (transitive) To return, restore (a thing to its original owner or location etc.).
   • Give me back my book!
2. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To contribute money, goods, or, especially, services for charitable purposes, as if in return for one's own success.
   • We organize this Thanksgiving dinner at the old-age home to give back to the community.
3. (archaic) To recede; to retreat.
   • Yet the Fiends ſeemed to come nearer and nearer, but when they were come even almoſt at him, he cried out with a moſt vehement voice, I will walk in the ſtrength of the Lord God; ſo they gave back, and came no farther. 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress as Originally Published by John Bunyan: Being a Fac-simile Reproduction of the First Edition, London: Elliot Stock […], 1875, →OCLC, page 108:

Forms

Deriveds

giveback

Translations (66)

rm render (to return) · ru отда́ть (to return) · cmn 交回 (to return) · sh враћати (to return) · sw -rudisha (to return) · fi palauttaa (to return) · bg връ́щам (to return) · grc ἀποδίδωμι (to return) · es devolver (to return) · hu visszaad (to return) · sl vračati (to return) · de zurückgeben (to return) · pl oddawać (to return) · uk віддава́ти (to return) · ro înapoia (to return) · ro a da înapoi (to return) · cmn 歸還 /归还 (to return) · nb gjengi (to return) · mk враќа (to return) · gl devolver (to return) · fr rendre (to return) · la reddō (to return) · zdj uredjeza (to return) · sh вратити (to return) · vi trả lại (to return) · bg повръ́щам (to return) · pl zwracać impf zwrócić (to return) · fi antaa takaisin (to return) · sv återlämna (to return) · sh vraćati (to return) · be адда́ць (to return) · mk врати (to return) · ang āġiefan (to return) · it rendere (to return) · cmn 還 /还 (to return) · fa پِس دادَن (to return) · wa rinde (to return) · vi trả (to return) · uk поверну́ти (to return) · eo redoni (to return) · uk поверта́ти (to return) · ru отдава́ть (to return) · sk vracať (to return) · be аддава́ць (to return) · ca tornar (to return) · fur rindi (to return) · ru верну́ть (to return) · pl oddać (to return) · fa برگرداندن (to return) · sh vratiti (to return) · pt devolver (to return) · cs vracet (to return) · wa ridner (to return) · ja 返す (to return) · ro reda (to return) · uk відда́ти (to return) · cmn 送還 /送还 (to return) · be вярнуц́ь (to return) · th คืน (to return) · be вярта́ць (to return) · km ត្រឡប់ (to return) · cs vrátit (to return) · ru возвраща́ть (to return) · sl vrniti (to return) · sk vrátiť (to return) · cmn 交還 /交还 (to return)