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" I explained I wanted to descend as quickly as possible to camp IV in order to warm myself and gather a supply of hot drink and oxygen in the event I might need to go back up the mountain to assist descending climbers."
Anatoli Boukreev

Meaning of "go back" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF GO BACK

go back


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GO BACK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Go back is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb go back in English.

WHAT DOES GO BACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of go back in the English dictionary

The first definition of go back in the dictionary is to return. Other definition of go back is to originate. Go back is also to change one's mind about; repudiate.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GO BACK

PRESENT

Present
I go back
you go back
he/she/it goes back
we go back
you go back
they go back
Present continuous
I am going back
you are going back
he/she/it is going back
we are going back
you are going back
they are going back
Present perfect
I have gone back
you have gone back
he/she/it has gone back
we have gone back
you have gone back
they have gone back
Present perfect continuous
I have been going back
you have been going back
he/she/it has been going back
we have been going back
you have been going back
they have been going back
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I went back
you went back
he/she/it went back
we went back
you went back
they went back
Past continuous
I was going back
you were going back
he/she/it was going back
we were going back
you were going back
they were going back
Past perfect
I had gone back
you had gone back
he/she/it had gone back
we had gone back
you had gone back
they had gone back
Past perfect continuous
I had been going back
you had been going back
he/she/it had been going back
we had been going back
you had been going back
they had been going back
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will go back
you will go back
he/she/it will go back
we will go back
you will go back
they will go back
Future continuous
I will be going back
you will be going back
he/she/it will be going back
we will be going back
you will be going back
they will be going back
Future perfect
I will have gone back
you will have gone back
he/she/it will have gone back
we will have gone back
you will have gone back
they will have gone back
Future perfect continuous
I will have been going back
you will have been going back
he/she/it will have been going back
we will have been going back
you will have been going back
they will have been going back
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would go back
you would go back
he/she/it would go back
we would go back
you would go back
they would go back
Conditional continuous
I would be going back
you would be going back
he/she/it would be going back
we would be going back
you would be going back
they would be going back
Conditional perfect
I would have go back
you would have go back
he/she/it would have go back
we would have go back
you would have go back
they would have go back
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been going back
you would have been going back
he/she/it would have been going back
we would have been going back
you would have been going back
they would have been going back
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you go back
we let´s go back
you go back
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to go back
Past participle
gone back
Present Participle
going back
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GO BACK

go ape · go ape over · go around · go astray · go at · go away · go back to the mat · go back to the pa · go bad · go bail · go ballistic · go bang · go begging · go belly up · go bung · go bush · go bust · go by · go by the board · go by the wayside

WORDS THAT END LIKE GO BACK

a slap on the back · back · back to back · bounce back · fall back · fight back · get back · hit back · hold back · look back · lower back · on one´s back · pat on the back · pay back · pull back · put back · set back · sit back · slap on the back · take back · upper back

Synonyms and antonyms of go back in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GO BACK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «go back» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «go back» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF GO BACK

Find out the translation of go back to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of go back from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «go back» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

回去
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

volver
570 millions of speakers
en

English

go back
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

वापस जाओ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَرْجِعُ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

брать начало
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

voltar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ফিরে যাও
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

remonter
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

pergi balik
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

zurückgehen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

戻る
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

(…)로 거슬러 올라가다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

mulih
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quay lại
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

திரும்பிச் செல்லுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

परत जा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

geri dön
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

risalire
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wrócić
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

повертатися
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

a data din
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανατρέχω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gaan terug
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gå tillbaka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dra tilbake
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of go back

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GO BACK»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of go back
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «go back».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about go back

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «GO BACK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word go back.
1
Paul Thomas Anderson
Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.
2
David Axelrod
We don't want to go back to the same policies and the same practices that drove our economy into a ditch, that punished the middle class, and that led us to this catastrophe. We have to keep moving forward.
3
Antonio Banderas
I wake up every morning, look in the mirror and ask, 'Am I a sex symbol?' Then I go back to bed again. It's stupid to think that way.
4
Anne Beatts
The great thing is that I'm getting my revenge on everybody who treated me badly in high school. The bad thing is I had to go back to high school to do it.
5
Lawrence Bender
If you go back and look at President Reagan's speeches, they bring you to tears almost.
6
Anatoli Boukreev
I explained I wanted to descend as quickly as possible to camp IV in order to warm myself and gather a supply of hot drink and oxygen in the event I might need to go back up the mountain to assist descending climbers.
7
Matthew Bourne
It's one of my strongest dance pieces - having just done Play Without Words which was veering away from a lot of dance - I thought it would be nice to go back to something with almost the most dance I'd done.
8
Andre Braugher
If you go back to the Conan the Barbarian series, I really liked that.
9
Carla Bruni
My dream life is just to go back to my job full-time. And be with my family. You know, regular dreams, common dreams that everyone has.
10
Brooke Burns
I actually had kind of one of those crazy experiences where when I hit, it was black out excruciating pain, and then white out absence of pain, and the subconscience thought that I want to go back.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GO BACK»

Discover the use of go back in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to go back and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Never Go Back: (Jack Reacher 18)
Lee Child's genius has been to create a tough guy hero that men will envy and women will adore' Daily Express After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota, Jack Reacher has finally made it to Virginia.
Lee Child, 2013
2
Don't Make Me Go Back, Mommy: A Child's Book About Satanic ...
Five-year-old Allison is one of a group of children who are abused and subjected to horrible rituals at a perverse day care center, but with therapy and her parents' love she begins the healing process.
Doris Sanford, 1990
3
Never Go Back
As Harry tries to solve the mystery of what really happened fifty years ago, he uncovers an extraordinary secret that convinces him he will never leave the castle alive. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Robert Goddard, 2007
4
Go Back to Bed!
Every time Edwin is sent to bed, he creeps back downstairs and discovers wondrous events going on there.
Virginia Fogleson Guy, 2006
5
We won't go back: making the case for affirmative action
Reviews the original intent of affirmative action policies and argues for their critical role in the health of American society, emphasizing the need for an expanded and more humane version of affirmative action.
Charles Lawrence, Mari J. Matsuda, 1997
6
I Don't Want to Go Back to School
Despite his older sister's dire warnings of all the terrible things that could go wrong on his first day in the second grade, Ben has a wonderful time.
‎1994
7
Once You Go Back: A Novel
A Novel Douglas Martin. He'd take us to the river.We go to the sea with him just that once. Our stepfather is there to raise us in the wake of a mirage. He takes us out in the boat on the water to catch fish. There are a number of lures we can use.
Douglas Martin, 2011
8
You Can't Go Back, Exactly:
Recapturing the freshness of youthful summers in Wisconsin, at Camp Nebagamon for Boys, the poet writes with gentle tenderness of a father's love of his son, of the strength of friendship, and of the resonance of memory and time.
Louis Daniel Brodsky, 1989
9
The Berenstain Bears Go Back to School
But with tons of new stuff to learn and explore, by the closing bell they can hardly wait for day two! There's something for everyone in this quintessential back-to-school book from Stan, Jan, and Mike Berenstain.
Jan Berenstain, Mike Berenstain, Stan Berenstain, 2005
10
Don’t Go Back to Where You Came From
Tim Soutphommasane boldly stakes a claim for the overwhelming success of multiculturalism in Australia.
Tim Soutphommasane, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GO BACK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term go back is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Put A HoloLens In The Classroom And I'll Happily Go Back To School
Though they're often being lumped together, Microsoft's HoloLens headset is a very different beast to the Oculus Rift. Whereas the Rift wants to ... «Gizmodo Australia, Jul 15»
2
BUTCHER BABIES: New Song 'Never Go Back' Available For …
"Never Go Back", a brand new song from Los Angeles-based metallers BUTCHER BABIES, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the ... «BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Jul 15»
3
Roger Federer vs Novak Djokovic: Federer looks to go back to the …
Roger Federer knocked out Pete Sampras in the seven-times champion's penultimate Wimbledon, beat Andre Agassi in the American's last ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
Some teen dropouts working on GEDs will have to go back to school …
Alexis Barnett dropped out of school when she became pregnant with her son, Grayson. Now 17, Alexis lives with her parents while nearing ... «Lexington Herald Leader, Jul 15»
5
Educators say Go Back, Move Forward initiative is beneficial
The “Go Back Move Forward” initiative in Georgia has a lot of benefits according to educators. / Tosin Fakile ... «WFXL FOX 31, Jul 15»
6
Fair is a fun way to go 'Back to School'
Everything needed to go back to school could be found at the Back To School Fair at the Mall of Sierra Vista Saturday. The all day fair gave ... «Sierra Vista Herald, Jul 15»
7
I THOUGHT I'D GO BACK TO MY IT JOB AFTER MISS INDIA, BUT …
"I was ready to go back to my IT job after the pageant... I didn't really think about becoming an actress," says Neha, recalling her first reaction on ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
8
South Shields artist's iconic works go back on show – in …
The work of a much-loved South Tyneside artist is back in bloom, courtesy of his flower-loving granddaughter. As a child and young woman, ... «Shields Gazette, Jul 15»
9
The paradox of popping back in time
Changing the past would violate that: your actions would affect what caused you to go back in the first place - so if you did manage to kill Hitler ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
10
Albany State University moving forward with Go Back, Move Ahead …
Go Back. Move Ahead. provides resources for prospective students and makes it easy for any Georgian who has started college to go back to ... «The Albany Herald, Jul 15»
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