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return
(r/I/'t/[@]/rn )

noun (n)

  • document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability(noun.communication)
    Example:
    His gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return.
    Synonym:
    income tax return, tax return
    source: wordnet30
  • a coming to or returning home(noun.act)
    Example:
    On his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party.
    Synonym:
    homecoming
    source: wordnet30
  • the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    coming back
    source: wordnet30
  • getting something back again(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    regaining, restitution, restoration
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of going back to a prior location(noun.act)
    Example:
    They set out on their return to the base camp.
    source: wordnet30
  • the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property(noun.possession)
    Example:
    The average return was about 5%.
    Synonym:
    issue, payoff, proceeds, take, takings, yield
    source: wordnet30
  • happening again (especially at regular intervals)(noun.event)
    Example:
    The return of spring.
    Synonym:
    recurrence
    source: wordnet30
  • a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, riposte
    source: wordnet30
  • the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    return key
    source: wordnet30
  • a reciprocal group action(noun.act)
    Example:
    In return we gave them as good as we got.
    Synonym:
    getting even, paying back
    source: wordnet30
  • a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player(noun.act)
    Example:
    He won the point on a cross-court return.
    source: wordnet30
  • (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of someone appearing again(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    reappearance
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before(verb.motion)
    Example:
    Return to your native land.
    The professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean.
    source: wordnet30
  • give back(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    render
    source: wordnet30
  • go back to a previous state(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    regress, retrovert, revert, turn back
    source: wordnet30
  • go back to something earlier(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    come back, hark back, recall
    source: wordnet30
  • bring back to the point of departure(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    bring back, take back
    source: wordnet30
  • return in kind(verb.possession)
    Example:
    Return a compliment.
    Return her love.
    source: wordnet30
  • make a return(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Return a kickback.
    source: wordnet30
  • answer back(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    come back, rejoin, repay, retort, riposte
    source: wordnet30
  • be restored(verb.change)
    Example:
    Her old vigor returned.
    Synonym:
    come back
    source: wordnet30
  • pay back(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    give back, refund, repay
    source: wordnet30
  • pass down(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    deliver, render
    source: wordnet30
  • elect again(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    reelect
    source: wordnet30
  • be inherited by(verb.possession)
    Example:
    The land returned to the family.
    Synonym:
    devolve, fall, pass
    source: wordnet30
  • return to a previous position; in mathematics(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The point returned to the interior of the figure.
    source: wordnet30
  • give or supply(verb.creation)
    Synonym:
    generate, give, render, yield
    source: wordnet30
  • submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority(verb.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • To turn again.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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