return
UK /ɹɪˈtɜːn/ · US /ɹɪˈtɝn/ verb, noun
Forms returns returning returned returnest returnedst returneth returne
- verb (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person). “Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.”
- verb (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument. “To return to my story[…]”
- verb (intransitive) To recur; to come again. “Winter returns every year.”
- verb (intransitive, obsolete) To turn back, retreat.
- verb (transitive, obsolete) To turn (something) round.
- verb (transitive) To place or put back something where it had been. “Please return your hands to your lap.”
- verb (transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner. “You should return the library book within one month.”
- verb To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
- noun The act of returning. “I expect the house to be spotless upon my return.”
- noun A return ticket. “Do you want a one-way or a return?”
- noun (business) An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect.
- noun An answer. “a return to one’s question”
- noun An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information. “election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold”
- noun Gain or loss from an investment. “It yielded a return of 5%.”
- noun (taxation, finance) A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a tax return. “Hand in your return within 90 days of the end of the tax year.”
- noun (computing) A carriage return character.
Synonyms
revend give back reinstate render restore revest surrender gaincoming tax return income tax return homecoming coming back restitution restoration regaining issue take takings proceeds yield payoff recurrence rejoinder retort riposte replication comeback counter return key paying back
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Etymology
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”). By surface analysis, re- + turn. Compare beturn. Displaced native Old English eftċierran, literally "eft-char".
Webster’s 1913
- verb To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.
- verb To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again.
- verb To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse.
- verb To repay; as, to return borrowed money.
Etymology [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner; pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “return”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details