- verbreturn (verb) · returns (third person present) · returned (past tense) · returned (past participle) · returning (present participle)
- come or go back to a place or person:"he returned to Canada in the fall"
- (return to)go back to (a particular state or activity):"Ollie had returned to full health"
- (return to)turn one's attention back to (something):"he returned to his newspaper"
- (especially of a feeling) come back or recur after a period of absence:"her appetite had returned"
- give, put, or send (something) back to a place or person:"complete the application form and return it to this address"
- feel, say, or do (the same feeling, action, etc.) in response:"she returned his kiss"
- (in tennis and other sports) hit or send (the ball) back to an opponent:"the aim is to make the other side unable to return the ball"
- american footballrun upfield with the ball after fielding (a kick), intercepting (a pass), or recovering (a fumble):"they had six passes intercepted—five were returned for touchdowns"
- (of a judge or jury) state or present (a verdict) in response to a formal request:"the jury returned the unanimous guilty verdict"
- bridgelead (a card of a suit led earlier by one's partner):"he returned a Diamond won by his partner who now played the 10 of Spades"
- yield or make (a profit):"the company returned a profit of 4.3 million dollars"
- (of an electorate) elect (a person or party) to office:"the Democrat was returned in the third district"
- architecturecontinue (a wall) in a changed direction, especially at right angles.
nounreturn (noun) · returns (plural noun) · return ticket (noun) · return tickets (plural noun) · return match (noun) · return matches (plural noun) · return game (noun) · return games (plural noun) · carriage return (noun) · carriage returns (plural noun) · return key (noun) · return keys (plural noun)- an act of coming or going back to a place or activity:"he celebrated his safe return from the war" · "a return flight"
- an act of going back to an earlier state or condition:"the designer advocated a return to elegance"
- the action of giving, sending, or putting something back:"we demand the return of our books and papers"
- american footballa play in which the ball is caught after a kick or pass interception and is advanced by running; an advance of this kind.
- (in tennis and other sports) a stroke played in response to a serve or other stroke by one's opponent.
- a thing that has been given or sent back, especially an unwanted ticket for a sports event or play:"it might be worth checking with the box office for returns"
- BRITISH ENGLISHa ticket that allows someone to travel to a place and back again; a round trip ticket:"a return ticket to the airport"
- an electrical conductor bringing a current back to its source.
- a second contest between the same opponents.
- (returns)a profit from an investment:"product areas are being developed to produce maximum returns"
- a good rate of return.
- an official report or statement submitted in response to a formal demand:"census returns"
- an official report of the results of an election:"election returns showed his candidate had lost by 304 votes"
- lawan endorsement or report by a court officer or sheriff on a writ.
- election to office:"we campaigned for the return of Young and Elkins"
- a key pressed to move the carriage of an electric typewriter back to a fixed position.
- a key pressed on a computer keyboard to simulate a carriage return in a word-processing program, or to indicate the end of a command or data string.
- architecturea part receding from the line of the front, for example the side of a house or of a window opening.
OriginMiddle English: the verb from Old French returner, from Latin re- ‘back’ + tornare ‘to turn’; the noun via Anglo-Norman French.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- come or go back to a place or person:
- give, put, or send (something) back to a place or person:
- yield or make (a profit):
- (of an electorate) elect (a person or party) to office:
noun- an act of coming or going back to a place or activity:
- an act of going back to an earlier state or condition:
- the action of giving, sending, or putting something back:
- a thing that has been given or sent back, especially an unwanted ticket for a sports event or play:
- a ticket that allows someone to travel to a place and back again; a round trip ticket:
- a profit from an investment:
- an official report or statement submitted in response to a formal demand:
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