Definitions for return
rɪˈtɜrnre·turn

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. tax return, income tax return, 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"

2. return, homecoming(noun)

   a coming to or returning home

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

3. return, coming back(noun)

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

4. restitution, return, restoration, regaining(noun)

   getting something back again

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

5. return(noun)

   the act of going back to a prior location

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

6. return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff(noun)

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

   "the average return was about 5%"

7. recurrence, return(noun)

   happening again (especially at regular intervals)

   "the return of spring"

8. rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter(noun)

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

   "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"

9. return key, return(noun)

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

10. return, paying back, getting even(noun)

    a reciprocal group action

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

11. return(noun)

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

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

12. return(noun)

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

13. reappearance, return(verb)

    the act of someone appearing again

    "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"

14. return(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"

15. render, return(verb)

    give back

    "render money"

16. revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back(verb)

    go back to a previous state

    "We reverted to the old rules"

17. hark back, return, come back, recall(verb)

    go back to something earlier

    "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

18. return, take back, bring back(verb)

    bring back to the point of departure

19. return(verb)

    return in kind

    "return a compliment"; "return her love"

20. return(verb)

    make a return

    "return a kickback"

21. retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin(verb)

    answer back

22. come back, return(verb)

    be restored

    "Her old vigor returned"

23. refund, return, repay, give back(verb)

    pay back

    "Please refund me my money"

24. render, deliver, return(verb)

    pass down

    "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"

25. reelect, return(verb)

    elect again

26. fall, return, pass, devolve(verb)

    be inherited by

    "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"

27. return(verb)

    return to a previous position; in mathematics

    "The point returned to the interior of the figure"

28. render, yield, return, give, generate(verb)

    give or supply

    "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"

29. return(verb)

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

    "submit a bill to a legislative body"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. return(Noun)

   The act of returning.

   "I expect the house to be spotless upon my return."

   Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

2. return(Noun)

   A return ticket.

   Do you want a one-way or return?

   Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

3. return(Noun)

   An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect.

   Last year there were 250 returns of this product, an improvement on the 500 returns the year before.

   Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

4. return(Noun)

   Gain or loss from an investment.

   It yielded a return of 5%.

   Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

5. return(Noun)

   A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts. A tax return.

   Hand in your return by the end of the tax year.

   Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

6. return(Noun)

   A carriage return character.

   Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

7. return(Noun)

   The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.

   Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

8. return(Noun)

   A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.

   Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

9. return(Noun)

   A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.

   Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

10. return(Verb)

    To come or go back (to a place or person).

    Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.

    Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

11. return(Verb)

    To go back in thought, narration, or argument.

    To return to my story...

    Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

12. return(Verb)

    To turn back, retreat.

    Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

13. return(Verb)

    To turn (something) round.

    Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

14. return(Verb)

    To put something back where it had been.

    Please return your hands to your lap.

    Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

15. return(Verb)

    To give something back to its original holder or owner.

    You should return the library book within one month.

    Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

16. return(Verb)

    To take something back to a retailer for a refund.

    If the goods don't work, you can return them.

    Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

17. return(Verb)

    To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.

    The player couldn't return the serve because it was so fast.

    Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

18. return(Verb)

    To play a card as a result of another player's lead.

    If one players plays a trump, the others must return a trump.

    Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

19. return(Noun)

    Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.

    Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

20. return(Noun)

    A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.

    Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

21. return(Verb)

    To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.

    Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

22. return(Verb)

    To say in reply; to respond.

    Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

23. return(Verb)

    To relinquish control to the calling procedure.

    Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

24. return(Verb)

    To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.

    This function returns the number of files in the directory.

    Etymology: From returnen, retornen, from returner, from retourner, retorner, from retornare, from re- + tornare. Compare beturn.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Return(verb)

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

   Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

2. Return(verb)

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

   Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

3. Return(verb)

   to speak in answer; to reply; to respond

   Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

4. Return(verb)

   to revert; to pass back into possession

   Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

5. Return(verb)

   to go back in thought, narration, or argument

   Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

6. Return(verb)

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

   Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

7. Return(verb)

   to repay; as, to return borrowed money

   Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

8. Return(verb)

   to give in requital or recompense; to requite

   Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

9. Return(verb)

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

   Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

10. Return(verb)

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

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

11. Return(verb)

    to report, or bring back and make known

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

12. Return(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

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

13. Return(verb)

    hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

14. Return(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

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

15. Return(verb)

    to convey into official custody, or to a general depository

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

16. Return(verb)

    to bat (the ball) back over the net

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

17. Return(verb)

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

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

18. Return(noun)

    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

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

19. Return(noun)

    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

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

20. Return(noun)

    that which is returned

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

21. Return(noun)

    a payment; a remittance; a requital

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

22. Return(noun)

    an answer; as, a return to one's question

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

23. Return(noun)

    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

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

24. Return(noun)

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

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

25. Return(noun)

    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

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

26. Return(noun)

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

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

27. Return(noun)

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

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

28. Return(noun)

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

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

29. Return(noun)

    a day in bank. See Return day, below

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

30. Return(noun)

    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

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

31. Return(noun)

    the turnings and windings of a trench or mine

    Etymology: [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

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1. Return

   Return is a Norwegian rock band from Stange, Hedmark. The band started in 1980, and was in its prime in the late 1980- and early 1990-. In this period they had several singles on the Norwegian hit charts and were among the bestselling bands in the country. In 1993 the band took a break, but came back in 2001 with a collection and some gigs. In 2005 they released a new studio album, and in 2008 they released another collection which also includes a DVD with shots from a concert in Hamar in 2007. The band's musical style has gone through minimal changes through almost three decades; they've kept most of the typical 80s rock, with a substantial amount of power ballads. The band have hits in their native Norway and in other countries such as Switzerland.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Return

   rē-turn′, v.i. to come back to the same place or state: to answer: to retort: to turn back: to repeat: to revert: to recur: to reappear.—v.t. to bring or send back: to transmit: to give back: to repay: to give back in reply: to report: to give an account: to cast back: to reflect: to re-echo: to revolve: to restore: to requite: to return a call: to elect, as a member of parliament: in card-playing, to lead back in response to the lead of one's partner: in tennis, to bat the ball back over the net: in fencing, to give a thrust or cut after parrying a sword-thrust.—n. the act of going back: revolution: periodic renewal: the act of bringing or sending back: restitution: repayment: the profit on capital or labour: a reply: a report or account, esp. official: (pl.) a light-coloured and mild kind of tobacco: (law) the rendering back of a writ to the proper officer: (mil.) the return of the men fit for duty: (archit.) the continuation in a different direction of the face of a building, as a moulding.—adj. Retur′nable, legally requiring to be returned.—ns. Return′-bend, a pipe-coupling in the shape of the letter ; Return′-car′go, a cargo brought back in place of merchandise previously sent out; Return′-check, a ticket for readmission; Return′-day, the day fixed when the defendant is to appear in court; Retur′ner; Retur′ning-off′icer, the officer who makes returns of writs, &c.: the presiding officer at an election.—adj. Return′less.—ns. Return′-match, a second match played by the same set of players; Return′-shock, an electric shock due to the action of induction sometimes felt after a lightning-flash; Return′-tag, a tag attached to a railway-car as evidence of its due arrival; Return′-tick′et, a ticket issued by a company for a journey and its return, usually at a reduced charge; Return′-valve, a valve which opens to allow reflux of a fluid in case of overflow. [Fr. retourner—re-, back, tourner, to turn—L. tornāre, to turn.]

The Standard Electrical Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Return

   A line or conductor which is supposed to carry current back to its starting point, after it has traversed a line. It may be a wire or the grounding of the ends of a line [or] may make the earth act as a return, termed ground- or earth-return. The best distinction of a return is to so term the portion of a circuit on which no apparatus is placed.

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1. return

   A ship on a return voyage is not generally liable; but if she sailed on the outward voyage under false papers, the liability to confiscation continues.

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1. return

   An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, etc. For punishment of officers making false returns, see Appendix, Articles of War, 8.

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1. return

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'return' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1143

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'return' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2539

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'return' in Nouns Frequency: #435

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'return' in Verbs Frequency: #100

Anagrams for return »

1. turner, Turner

2. Turner

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of return in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of return in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of return in a Sentence

1. Bernadette Meehan:

   The return from Cuba of fugitives from U.S. justice is an issue of long-standing concern to the United States that will be addressed in the broader context of normalizing relations, we believe this is the best method for finally bringing these cases to a successful resolution, and that they are not a bar to rescission of Cuba's state sponsor designation.

2. The Labor Department:

   Even with these additional jobs, employment in the construction major sector is not projected to return to the 2006 peak.

3. RJ Intindola:

   Some friends are more significant and important than other friends. A special friend can often change your life for the better. You will know when this special person enters your life because of the respect you have for them. They will never lie or set you aside for someone or something else. You will have undying trust in this person that any words spoken will never find another ear. They always returned calls at the earliest possible time. They will check in often to see what’s going on in your life and just talk. Your accomplishments will be applauded with praise and losses will never be repeated. This friend has you melted within their heart as you do theirs. When you find such a person be sure to return the love and understand they have gifted you and your life.

4. Dan Kelly:

   Tell others of the positive effects of their actions. It will help return the kindness they showed to you.

5. Steny Hoyer:

   This is a version of a vile, anti-Semitic attack that for centuries has demanded that Jewish people demonstrate some kind of quid pro quo in return for being considered loyal citizens, it is also a dangerous subversion of our American principles that all are entitled to their own views.

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