return

Definitions

1. 1transitive/intransitive verb

   To turn again.

2. 2intransitive verb

   To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

3. 3intransitive verb

   To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again.

4. 4intransitive verb

   To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.

5. 5intransitive verb

   To revert; to pass back into possession.

6. 6intransitive verb

   To go back in thought, narration, or argument.

7. 7transitive verb

   To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse.

8. 8transitive verb

   To repay; as, to return borrowed money.

9. 9transitive verb

   To give in requital or recompense; to requite.

10. 10transitive verb

    To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return thanks.

11. 11transitive verb

    To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie.

12. 12transitive verb

    To report, or bring back and make known.

13. 13transitive verb

    To render, as an account, usually an official account, to a superior; to report officially by a list or statement; as, to return a list of stores, of killed or wounded; to return the result of an election.

14. 14transitive verb

    Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers.

15. 15transitive verb

    To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with a certificate of what has been done; as, to return a writ.

16. 16transitive verb

    To convey into official custody, or to a general depository.

17. 17transitive verb

    To bat (the ball) back over the net.

18. 18transitive verb

    To lead in response to the lead of one's partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club.

19. 19noun

    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.

20. 20noun

    The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital; retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a book or money; a good return in tennis.

21. 21noun

    That which is returned.

22. 22noun

    A payment; a remittance; a requital.

23. 23noun

    An answer; as, a return to one's question.

24. 24noun

    An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.

25. 25noun

    The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc.

26. 26noun

    The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south.

27. 27noun

    The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court.

28. 28noun

    The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document.

29. 29noun

    The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners.

30. 30noun

    A day in bank. See Return day, below.

31. 31noun

    An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, etc.

32. 32noun

    The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.

33. 33noun

    the act of someone appearing again

    "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"

    Synonyms

    reappearance
34. 34noun

    a coming to or returning home

    "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"

    Synonyms

    homecoming
35. 35noun

    getting something back again

    "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"

    Synonyms

    regainingrestitutionrestoration
36. 36noun

    the act of going back to a prior location

    "they set out on their return to the base camp"

37. 37noun

    (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble

38. 38noun

    a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player

    "he won the point on a cross-court return"

39. 39noun

    a reciprocal group action

    "in return we gave them as good as we got"

40. 40noun

    the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

41. 41noun

    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"

42. 42noun

    a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

    "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"

    Synonyms

    comebackcounterrejoinderreplicationretortriposte
43. 43noun

    happening again (especially at regular intervals)

    "the return of spring"

    Synonyms

    recurrence
44. 44noun

    the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

45. 45noun

    the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

    "the average return was about 5%"

    Synonyms

    issuepayoffproceedstaketakingsyield
46. 46verb

    go back to a previous state

    "We reverted to the old rules"

    Synonyms

    regressretrovertrevert
47. 47verb

    be restored

    "Her old vigor returned"

48. 48verb

    answer back

    Synonyms

    rejoinrepayretortriposte
49. 49verb

    submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority

    "submit a bill to a legislative body"

50. 50verb

    go back to something earlier

    "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

    Synonyms

    recall
51. 51verb

    pass down

    "render a verdict"

    "deliver a judgment"

    Synonyms

    deliverrender
52. 52verb

    make a return

    "return a kickback"

53. 53verb

    give or supply

    "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"

    "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"

    Synonyms

    generategiverenderyield
54. 54verb

    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"

55. 55verb

    return to a previous position; in mathematics

    "The point returned to the interior of the figure"

56. 56verb

    bring back to the point of departure

57. 57verb

    be inherited by

    "The estate fell to my sister"

    "The land returned to the family"

    Synonyms

    devolvefallpass
58. 58verb

    pay back

    "Please refund me my money"

    Synonyms

    refundrepay
59. 59verb

    give back

    "render money"

    Synonyms

    render
60. 60verb

    return in kind

    "return a compliment"

    "return her love"

61. 61verb

    elect again

    Synonyms

    reelect