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Definitions for RETURNING
re·turn·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. returning, revertingadjective

    tending to return to an earlier state

  2. returning(a), reversiveadjective

    tending to be turned back

Wikipedia

  1. returning

    In retail, a product return is the process of a customer taking previously purchased merchandise back to the retailer, and in turn receiving a refund in the original form of payment, exchange for another item (identical or different), or a store credit.

ChatGPT

  1. returning

    Returning generally refers to the act of coming or going back to a place or situation. It can also mean giving something back to its original holder or place. In computer programming, returning refers to the process of ending execution of the current function and resuming it at the point in the code immediately following where the function was called.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Returning

    of Return

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'RETURNING' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2966

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of RETURNING in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of RETURNING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of RETURNING in a Sentence

  1. Deputy Darren H. Goforth:

    Deputy Goforth was refueling his vehicle and returning to his car from inside the convenience store when, unprovoked, a man walked up behind him and literally shot him to death.

  2. Matt Damon:

    Sending people to Mars and returning them safely is the challenge of a generation, journey to Mars will forever change our history books, rewriting what we know about the red planet and expanding the human presence deeper into the solar system.

  3. You Can:

    Prince Harry tells Oprah that every time Prince Harry'd be on a flight returning to London, Prince Harry was triggered because of what had happened to Prince Harry growing up there, i found Harry's revelation about being triggered every time Prince Harry was about to touch down in London again so striking. Of course, Prince Harry was born into a family where … as the proverbial ‘ spare ’ one would think that he would have more freedom to be the architect of his destiny than William, whose destiny was set from the day he was born.

  4. Imran Khan:

    I feel like I am not coming here from a foreign trip but that I am returning after winning the World Cup.

  5. Joseph Votel:

    If something hasnt been completely eradicated, there is a risk of it returning.

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