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Meaning
Verb
●
To come or
go back
(to a place or person).
●
To
go back
in
thought
,
narration
, or argument.
●
To
recur
;
to come
again.
●
To
turn back
, retreat.
●
To
turn
(something) round.
●
To place or
put back
something where it had been.
●
To give something back to its
original
holder
or owner.
●
To
take back
something to
a
vendor
for a
complete
or
partial
refund.
●
To
give in
requital
or
recompense
; to requite.
●
In Tennis:
To
bat
the
ball
back over the
net
in
response
to a serve.
●
In Card games:
To
play
a
card
as a result of
another
play
er's lead.
●
In Cricket:
To
throw
a
ball
back to the wicket-keeper (or a
fielder
at that
position
) from somewhere in the field.
●
To
say
in
reply
; to respond.
●
In Computing:
To
relinquish
control to the
calling
procedure.
●
In Computing:
To
pass
(data) back to the
calling
procedure.
●
To
retort
; to
throw
back.
●
To
report
, or
bring back
and make known.
●
In British English:
To
elect
according to
the
official
report
of the
elect
ion officers.
Noun
●
The
act
of returning.
●
A
return
ticket.
●
An
item
that is
returned
, e.g. due to a
defect
, or the
act
of
returning
it.
●
An answer.
●
An
account
, or
formal
report
, of an
action
performed
, of a
duty
discharged
, of
facts
or
statistics
, etc.; especially, in the
plural
, a set of
tabulated
statistics
prepared
for general information.
●
Gain or
loss
from an investment.
●
In Finance & Taxation:
A
report
of
income
submitted
to a government for
purposes
of
specifying
exact
tax
payment
amounts
; a
tax
return.
●
In Computing:
A
carriage return
character.
●
In Computing:
The
act
of
relinquishing
control to the
calling
procedure.
●
In Computing:
A
return value
: the
data
passed
back from a called procedure.
●
A
return
pipe
,
returning
fluid
to a
boiler
or other
central
plant
(compare with
flow
pipe
, which
carries
liquid
away
from a
central
plant
).
●
A
short
perpendicular
extension
of a
desk
, usually
slightly
lower.
●
In Football (American):
The
act
of
catching
a
ball
after a
punt
and
running
it back towards the
opposing
team.
●
In Cricket:
A
throw
from a
fielder
to the wicket-keeper or to another
fielder
at the wicket.
●
In Architecture:
The
continuation
in a different
direction
, most often at a
right angle
, of a
building
,
face
of a
building
, or any
member
, such as a
moulding
;
applied
to the
shorter
in
contradistinction
to the longer.
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Origin
return
English
returnen
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Reinstate
Render
Restore
Return
Revest
Surrender
Revend
Returne
Gaincoming
Homecoming
Restoration
Reply
Yield
Revert
Reverts
Comeback
Respond
Retour
Reverting
Reverted
Restitution
Give Back
More
Antonyms
Take
Related
Transfer
Surrender
Exchange
Restore
Recover
Profit
Move
Deliver
Drop
Dividend
Purchase
Send
Release
Leave
Earnings
Pass
Submit
Receive
Refund
Reversion
Enter
Income
Switch
Profits
Change
Take
Addition
Sell
Investment
Payback
Payout
Profitability
Repayment
Travel
Value
Convert
Depart
Report
Revenue
Reward
Bring
Gain
Come
Rise
Apply
Back
Visit
Migrate
Compensation
Payoff
Come Back
Revert Back
Give Back
Move Back
Send Back
Bring Back
Turn Back
Pick Up
More
Rhymes
Ern
Bern
Hern
Kern
Yern
Burn
Turn
Tern
Fern
Erne
Durn
Earn
Fern
Quern
Spurn
Stern
Learn
Quirn
Astern
Return
Belearn
Nocturn
Discern
Concern
Unlearn
Sojourn
Outlearn
Nocturne
Left Turn
More
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