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return
noun(re-turn)
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
Synonyms: issue, payoff, proceeds, take, takings, yield,
Examples:
The average return was about 5%.
return
noun(re-turn)
the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
Synonyms: return key,
return
noun(re-turn)
document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
Synonyms: income tax return, tax return,
Examples:
His gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return.
return
verb(re-turn)
go back to a previous state
Synonyms: regress, retrovert, revert, turn back,
return
verb(re-turn)
elect again
Synonyms: reelect,
return
noun(re-turn)
a coming to or returning home
Synonyms: homecoming,
Examples:
On his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party.
return
noun(re-turn)
happening again (especially at regular intervals)
Synonyms: recurrence,
Examples:
The return of spring.
return
verb(re-turn)
be restored
Synonyms: come back,
Examples:
Her old vigor returned.
return
verb(re-turn)
give or supply
Synonyms: generate, give, render, yield,
return
verb(re-turn)
pass down
Synonyms: deliver, render,
return
verb(re-turn)
pay back
Synonyms: give back, refund, repay,
return
verb(re-turn)
go back to something earlier
Synonyms: come back, hark back, recall,
return
noun(re-turn)
getting something back again
Synonyms: regaining, restitution, restoration,
return
verb(re-turn)
bring back to the point of departure
Synonyms: bring back, take back,
return
noun(re-turn)
the act of someone appearing again
Synonyms: reappearance,
return
verb(re-turn)
answer back
Synonyms: come back, rejoin, repay, retort, riposte,
return
verb(re-turn)
give back
Synonyms: render,
return
noun(re-turn)
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
Synonyms: comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, riposte,
return
verb(re-turn)
be inherited by
Synonyms: devolve, fall, pass,
Examples:
The land returned to the family.
return
noun(re-turn)
the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
Synonyms: coming back,
return
noun(re-turn)
a reciprocal group action
Synonyms: getting even, paying back,
Examples:
In return we gave them as good as we got.
return
noun(re-turn)
(American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
return
noun(re-turn)
a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
Examples:
He won the point on a cross-court return.
return
verb(re-turn)
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
Examples:
Return to your native land.
The professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean.
return
verb(re-turn)
make a return
Examples:
Return a kickback.
return
verb(re-turn)
return in kind
Examples:
Return a compliment.
Return her love.
return
verb(re-turn)
return to a previous position; in mathematics
Examples:
The point returned to the interior of the figure.
return
verb(re-turn)
submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
return
noun(re-turn)
the act of going back to a prior location
Examples:
They set out on their return to the base camp.

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