call back

See also: callback

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

call back (plural call backs or calls back)

1. Alternative form of callback.

Verb

call back (third-person singular simple present calls back, present participle calling back, simple past and past participle called back)

1. To request someone's return; to bring back or restore; to recall.

   Synonym: withcall

2. To telephone someone again at a more convenient time.
3. To return to a shop or residence one has previously visited.

Translations

request someone's return

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 叫某人回來 / 叫某人回来 (jiào mǒurén huílái)

• Finnish: pyytää palaamaan
• German: zurückrufen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἀνακαλέω (anakaléō)

• Italian: richiamare (it)
• Latin: revocō

telephone someone again

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 回電 / 回电 (zh) (huídiàn), 回電話 / 回电话 (huídiànhuà), (formal) 回撥 / 回拨 (zh) (huíbō)

• Finnish: soittaa takaisin
• French: rappeler (fr)
• Georgian: გადარეკვა (gadareḳva), გადმორეკვა (gadmoreḳva)
• German: zurückrufen (de)
• Hungarian: visszahív (hu)
• Italian: richiamare (it)
• Polish: oddzwaniać impf, oddzwonić pf
• Russian: перезвонить (ru) pf (perezvonitʹ)
• Turkish: dönmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: передзво́нювати impf (peredzvónjuvaty), передзвони́ти pf (peredzvonýty)

return to a place where previously visited

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 返回 (zh) (fǎnhuí), 再來 / 再来 (zh) (zàilái), (formal) 回訪 / 回访 (zh) (huífǎng)

• Finnish: tulla uudestaan
• German: wiederkommen (de)
• Italian: ritornare (it)