Return Definition
rĭ-tûrn
returned, returning, returns
verb
returned, returning, returns
To go or come back, as to a former place, condition, practice, opinion, etc.
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To go back in thought or speech.
To return to the subject.
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To revert to a former owner.
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To bring, send, carry, or put back; restore or replace.
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To report or announce officially or formally.
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noun
returns
A coming or going back, as to a former place, condition, etc.
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A bringing, sending, carrying, or putting back; restoration or replacement.
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Something returned.
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Unsold merchandise returned to the distributor by a retailer or merchandise returned to a retailer by a purchaser.
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A coming back again; reappearance; recurrence.
Many happy returns of the day.
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adjective
Of, relating to, or bringing about a going or coming back to a place or situation.
The return voyage; a return envelope.
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Given, sent, done, etc. in return.
A return match.
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Of or for a return or returning.
Return postage.
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Performed, presented, or taking place again.
A return engagement of the ballet; a return tennis match.
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Occurring again.
A return performance.
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idiom
in return
- In repayment or reciprocation.
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in return
- as a return; as an equivalent, response, etc.
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Origin of Return
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From Middle English returnen, retornen, from Anglo-Norman returner, from Old French retourner, retorner, from Medieval Latin retornare (“to turn back"), from re- + tornare (“to turn"). Compare beturn.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English retornen from Old French retourner from Vulgar Latin retornāre Latin re- re- Latin tornāre to turn in a lathe turn
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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