comeback

Deverbal from come back.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmbæk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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comeback (plural comebacks)

1. A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.

   That fad went out with the eighties, but I think it's making a comeback.

   • 2013 December 6, alim17, “Girls' Generation rumored to make a comeback in early 2014!”, in allkpop.com‎^[1]:

     According to rumors in the entertainment world on December 6, Girls' Generation will be making a comeback next year with a masculine concept. They have supposedly decided on the title song in their new album and have begun filming the music video on December 6. It appears they have started preparing for a full-scale comeback! It will be the girls' first Korean comeback in a year since "I Got a Boy."

2. A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.

   Synonyms: rejoinder, retort

   I wish I had thought of a quick comeback for his comment.

3. (sports) An occurrence of an athlete or sports team in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage in points to win or draw.
   • 2011 February 5, Paul Fletcher, “Newcastle 4 - 4 Arsenal”, in BBC‎^[2]:

     Newcastle produced a stunning comeback from 4-0 down to earn a draw that shocked title hopefuls Arsenal.

In the sense of reply, more casual than retort or the somewhat formal rejoinder.

comeback

1. Misspelling of come back.

(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

• come-back

Borrowed from English comeback

• IPA^(key): [kʌmˈbaɡ]

comeback n (singular definite comebacket, plural indefinite comebacks)

1. comeback (after an absence)

• “comeback” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from English comeback.

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑm.bɛk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: come‧back

comeback m (plural comebacks, diminutive comebackje n)

1. comeback

• come-back

Unadapted borrowing from English comeback.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæmbæk/, [ˈk̟æmbæk]
• IPA^(key): /ˈkæmbækːi/, [ˈk̟æmbækːi]
• Rhymes: -æmbæk
• Syllabification^(key): come‧back
• Hyphenation^(key): come‧back

comeback (colloquial)

1. comeback (return to popularity, success, fame etc.)

   Luulen, että se villitys tekee comebackiä.

   I think that fad is making a comeback.

• paluu
• nousu (in sports, etc.)

• “comeback”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Borrowed from English comeback.

• IPA^(key): /kɔm.bak/, /kœm.bak/

comeback m (plural comebacks)

1. (anglicism) comeback; a return

From English comeback.

comeback m or n (definite singular comebacken or comebacket, indefinite plural comeback, definite plural comebackene or comebacka)

1. a comeback (return by a well-known person to the activity in which they were famous after a long absence)

• “comeback” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English comeback.

comeback n (definite singular comebacket, indefinite plural comeback, definite plural comebacka)

1. a comeback (return by a well-known person to the activity in which they were famous after a long absence)

• “comeback” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Unadapted borrowing from English comeback.

• IPA^(key): /kamˈbɛk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Syllabification: come‧back

comeback m inan

1. comeback (return to fame)

• comeback in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from English comeback.

comeback c

1. a comeback (after an absence)

   Simstjärnan gjorde storstilad comeback

   The swimming star made a grand comeback

• comeback in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• comeback in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)