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Verb: return ri'turn- 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" - Give back
- Noun: return ri'turn- 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" - tax return, income tax return - A coming to or returning home
"on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party" - homecoming - The occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
- coming back - Getting something back again
- restitution, restoration, regaining - The act of going back to a prior location
"they set out on their return to the base camp" - The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
"the average return was about 5%" - issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff - Happening again (especially at regular intervals)
"the return of spring" - recurrence, reoccurence - A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- rejoinder, retort, riposte, replication, comeback, counter - The key on a computer keyboard that starts a new line when writing text; in other contexts the key usually causes a form or window to perform a default function, e.g. accept the data that has just been input
- return key, enter, enter key - A reciprocal group action
"in return we gave them as good as we got" - paying back, getting even - A tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
"he won the point on a cross-court return" - (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
- The act of someone appearing again
- reappearance
Derived forms: returns, returned, returning Type of: acquisition, answer, appearance, arrival, bring, carry, change by reversal, change hands, change owners, communicate, convey, create, denote, elect, give, go, group action, income, instrument, key, legal document, legal instrument, locomote, make, motion, move, movement, official document, pass, pass along, pass on, pay, produce, put across, reappear, reciprocate, re-emerge, refer, repeat, repetition, reply, respond, response, reverse, run, running, running game, running play, subject, submit, take, tennis shot, tennis stroke, transport, travel, turn, turning Part of: lawn tennis, tennis Encyclopedia: Return |