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re·turn
 return
- pronunciation:
- rih
tuhrn
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, adjective
- phrases:
- in return
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
returned, returning, returns |
| definition 1: |
to go or come back, as to a previous place or circumstance.
The soldiers wearily returned home.- synonyms:
- regress, revert
- antonyms:
- depart, leave
- similar words:
- act up, backtrack, home, recede, recommence, recrudesce, recur, resume, retreat, retrocede, retrogress
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| definition 2: |
to come back to a former possessor or owner.
- synonyms:
- revert
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| definition 3: |
to make a reply or answer.
- synonyms:
- answer, rejoin, reply, respond
- similar words:
- react, retort
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| related words: |
double, reply, revert, revive, revolve |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to send, put, give, or take back to an earlier place or situation.
- synonyms:
- reinstate, replace, restore
- antonyms:
- confiscate, keep, move, take
- similar words:
- recover, refund, retrieve
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| definition 2: |
to give in exchange for something similar; reciprocate.
He returned the favor.- synonyms:
- reciprocate, repay, require
- similar words:
- exchange, requite, swap, trade
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| definition 3: |
to yield (a profit) from investment or expenditure.
- synonyms:
- pay
- similar words:
- produce, yield
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| definition 4: |
in a court of law, to issue (a decision).
The jury returned a verdict of guilty.- synonyms:
- announce, pronounce, render
- similar words:
- issue
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| definition 5: |
to re-elect to office.
- similar words:
- reseat
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| definition 6: |
in tennis and other sports, to hit back (the ball) at the other player.
- similar words:
- get, retrieve
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| related words: |
reflect, restore |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or an instance of coming or going back.
- synonyms:
- reappearance, regress, regression, reinstatement, reversion
- antonyms:
- departure
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| definition 2: |
the act of sending or receiving back.
- synonyms:
- recovery
- similar words:
- restitution
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| definition 3: |
something given or exchanged for something else.
- synonyms:
- quid pro quo, reciprocation, requital
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| definition 4: |
a profit received from investment, business, or labor.
- synonyms:
- gains, profits, revenue
- similar words:
- earnings, net
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| definition 5: |
(usu. pl.) a report on the counted ballots in an election.
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| definition 6: |
a reply; response.
- synonyms:
- answer, reply, response
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| definition 7: |
in tennis and other sports, a ball hit back.
- synonyms:
- retrieve
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| definition 8: |
in football, a runback of a kicked ball.
- synonyms:
- runback
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| definition 9: |
(pl.) merchandise unsold and sent back to the manufacturer.
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| related words: |
compensation, income, interest, proceeds, tender, yield |
| phrase: |
in return |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or relating to returning or a return.
a return visit- synonyms:
- reciprocal
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| definition 2: |
occurring or done again.
a return performance- similar words:
- repeated
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| definition 3: |
providing a means for returning.
return postagethe return route |
| definition 4: |
done in return.
a return phone call- synonyms:
- requited
- similar words:
- compensatory
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