Return - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |rɪˈtɜːrn|  American pronunciation of the word return
Brit.  |rɪˈtɜːn|  British pronunciation of the word return

noun

- document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return
- a coming to or returning home (syn: homecoming)
on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party
- the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
- getting something back again (syn: restitution, restoration)
- the act of going back to a prior location
they set out on their return to the base camp
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property (syn: issue, payoff, proceeds, take, takings, yield)
the average return was about 5%
- happening again (especially at regular intervals) (syn: recurrence)
the return of spring
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) (syn: comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, riposte)
- the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
- a reciprocal group action
in return we gave them as good as we got
- a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
he won the point on a cross-court return
- (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
- the act of someone appearing again

verb

- go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
return to your native land
the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean
- give back (syn: render)
- go back to a previous state (syn: regress, retrovert, revert, turn back)
- go back to something earlier (syn: come back, hark back, recall)
- bring back to the point of departure (syn: bring back)
- return in kind
return a compliment
return her love
- make a return
return a kickback
- answer back (syn: come back, rejoin, repay, retort, riposte)
- be restored (syn: come back)
Her old vigor returned
- pay back (syn: give back, refund, repay)
- pass down (syn: deliver, render)
- elect again
- be inherited by (syn: devolve, fall, pass)
The land returned to the family
- return to a previous position; in mathematics
The point returned to the interior of the figure
- give or supply (syn: generate, give, render, yield)
- submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority

Extra examples

We waited for you to return.

She is returning home tomorrow.

I'm leaving but will return at 2 p.m.

I have to return a book to the library.

I'm returning your ladder. Thanks for letting me borrow it.

The dishes were broken when they were delivered, so I had to return them.

I had to return the shirt and get a bigger size.

His jealousy returned when he saw his ex-wife with her new husband.

We are looking forward to your return.

We're looking forward to our return to Europe.

The team looked forward to his return to coaching.

A return to the old ways of farming

The department's return to normal

The people celebrated their leader's return to power.

When I return from the coast, I shall bring good news.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: return
he/she/it: returns
present participle: returning
past tense: returned
past participle: returned
noun
singular: return
plural: returns
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