Go back to Meaning in English

expression

US

ˈɡoʊ/ /ˈbæk/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ

GOH-BAK-too / GOH-BAK-tuh / GOH-BAK-tih

UK

ɡˈəʊ/ /bˈæk/ /tˈuː

goh-BAK-too

التعريف

To return to a place, time, or situation that you were at before. It can also mean to start doing something again that you did previously.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Common in both formal and informal contexts. Used for physical locations, times ("go back to the 1990s"), activities, or topics ("Let's go back to what you said earlier"). Not interchangeable with just "go back" when specifying what you return to.

• Spanish: volver a - regresar a
• Portuguese (BR): voltar para - retornar a
• Portuguese (PT): voltar a - regressar a
• Chinese (Simplified): 回到 - 返回到
• Chinese (Traditional): 回到 - 返回到
• Hindi: वापस जाना
• Arabic: يعود إلى - يرجع إلى
• Bengali: ফিরে যাওয়া - ফিরে ফিরে যাওয়া
• Russian: вернуться к
• Japanese: 〜に戻る
• Vietnamese: quay lại
• Korean: ~로 돌아가다
• Turkish: -e geri dönmek
• Urdu: واپس جانا
• Indonesian: kembali ke

جمل نموذجية

I want to go back to my hometown next summer.

basic

Please go back to page ten in your books.

basic

After the movie, we will go back to the hotel.

basic

I sometimes wish I could go back to when life was simpler.

natural

Let’s go back to what you were saying earlier.

natural

Every fall, the birds go back to the south.

natural