turn back
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
retrace one's course
The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back
Types & categories
- return hypernym
Sense 2 verb
go back to a previous state
We reverted to the old rules
Types & categories
- reverse hypernym
- recidivate hyponym
- resile hyponym
- recuperate hyponym
Related & opposite
- backsliding derivation
- regress derivation
- coming back derivation
- returninga derivation
Sense 3 verb
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
Drive away potential burglars
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- rouse verb group
Sense 4 verb
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
Arrest the downward trend
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- containment derivation
- catch derivation
- containment derivation
Sense 5 verb
turn inside out or upside down
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | return |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | backsliding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | regress |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | coming back |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | returninga |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | reverse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | recidivate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | resile |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | recuperate |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | rouse |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | frighten |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fire |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | clear the air |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | banish |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoo off |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | containment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | catch |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | containment |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | defend |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut down |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | everting |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | upending |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | turnabout |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | inverter |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | turn around |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | two-sided |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |