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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

go back to en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To stem from; to originate in.
    • The awqaf system in India goes back to the early days of the Islamic presence in the subcontinent.
  2. (of two or more persons, transitive) To know each other since long from.
    • Bill and I go back to college.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go back, to.
    • A package that cannot be delivered will go back to the sender.
    • It was time to go back to the hotel.

Forms

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went back to Tense=Past lexicographic
goes back to Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
going back to Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gone back to Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic