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- [kuhm-bak]
- /ˈkʌmˌbæk/
- /ˈkʌm.bæk/
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- [kuhm-bak]
- /ˈkʌmˌbæk/
Definitions of comeback word
- countable noun comeback If someone such as an entertainer or sports personality makes a comeback, they return to their profession or sport after a period away. 3
- countable noun comeback If something makes a comeback, it becomes fashionable again. 3
- uncountable noun comeback If you have no comeback when someone has done something wrong to you, there is nothing you can do to have them punished or held responsible. 3
- noun comeback a return to a former position, status, etc 3
- noun comeback a return or response, esp recriminatory 3
- noun comeback a quick reply; retort 3
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Origin of comeback
First appearance:
before 1815 One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25; noun use of verb phrase come back
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Parts of speech for Comeback
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
comeback popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
comeback usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for comeback
noun comeback
- resurgence — rising or tending to rise again; reviving; renascent.
- return — to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
- revival — restoration to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, etc.
- rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
- improvement — an act of improving or the state of being improved.
verb comeback
- snipe — any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- jeer — to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
- get back to — resume
Antonyms for comeback
noun comeback
- failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- request — the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
- question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
Top questions with comeback
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