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    re·turn
    [rəˈtərn]
    verb
    return (verb) · returns (third person present) · returned (past tense) · returned (past participle) · returning (present participle)
    1. come or go back to a place or person:
      "he returned to Canada in the fall"
      • (return to)
        go back to (a particular state or activity):
        "Ollie had returned to full health"
      • (return to)
        turn one's attention back to (something):
        "he returned to his newspaper"
      • (especially of a feeling) come back or recur after a period of absence:
        "her appetite had returned"
    2. give, put, or send (something) back to a place or person:
      "complete the application form and return it to this address"
      • feel, say, or do (the same feeling, action, etc.) in response:
        "she returned his kiss"
      • (in tennis and other sports) hit or send (the ball) back to an opponent:
        "the aim is to make the other side unable to return the ball"
      • american football
        run upfield with the ball after fielding (a kick), intercepting (a pass), or recovering (a fumble):
        "they had six passes intercepted—five were returned for touchdowns"
      • (of a judge or jury) state or present (a verdict) in response to a formal request:
        "the jury returned the unanimous guilty verdict"
      • bridge
        lead (a card of a suit led earlier by one's partner):
        "he returned a Diamond won by his partner who now played the 10 of Spades"
    3. yield or make (a profit):
      "the company returned a profit of 4.3 million dollars"
    4. (of an electorate) elect (a person or party) to office:
      "the Democrat was returned in the third district"
    5. architecture
      continue (a wall) in a changed direction, especially at right angles.
    noun
    return (noun) · returns (plural noun) · return ticket (noun) · return tickets (plural noun) · return match (noun) · return matches (plural noun) · return game (noun) · return games (plural noun) · carriage return (noun) · carriage returns (plural noun) · return key (noun) · return keys (plural noun)
    1. an act of coming or going back to a place or activity:
      "he celebrated his safe return from the war" · "a return flight"
      • an act of going back to an earlier state or condition:
        "the designer advocated a return to elegance"
      • the action of giving, sending, or putting something back:
        "we demand the return of our books and papers"
      • american football
        a play in which the ball is caught after a kick or pass interception and is advanced by running; an advance of this kind.
      • (in tennis and other sports) a stroke played in response to a serve or other stroke by one's opponent.
      • a thing that has been given or sent back, especially an unwanted ticket for a sports event or play:
        "it might be worth checking with the box office for returns"
      • BRITISH ENGLISH
        a ticket that allows someone to travel to a place and back again; a round trip ticket:
        "a return ticket to the airport"
      • an electrical conductor bringing a current back to its source.
      • a second contest between the same opponents.
    2. (returns)
      a profit from an investment:
      "product areas are being developed to produce maximum returns"
      • a good rate of return.
    3. an official report or statement submitted in response to a formal demand:
      "census returns"
      • an official report of the results of an election:
        "election returns showed his candidate had lost by 304 votes"
      • law
        an endorsement or report by a court officer or sheriff on a writ.
    4. election to office:
      "we campaigned for the return of Young and Elkins"
    5. a key pressed to move the carriage of an electric typewriter back to a fixed position.
      • a key pressed on a computer keyboard to simulate a carriage return in a word-processing program, or to indicate the end of a command or data string.
    6. architecture
      a part receding from the line of the front, for example the side of a house or of a window opening.
    Origin
    Middle English: the verb from Old French returner, from Latin re- ‘back’ + tornare ‘to turn’; the noun via Anglo-Norman French.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    verb
    1. come or go back to a place or person:
      go back
      come back
      come home
      come again
      get back
      arrive back
      arrive home
      Opposite:
      depart
      set out
    2. give, put, or send (something) back to a place or person:
      give back
      take back
      pay back
      repay
      remit
      restore
      put back
      replace
      reinstate
      reinstall
      send back
      hand back
      carry back
      Opposite:
      keep
      throw away
    3. yield or make (a profit):
      yield
      bring in
      earn
      make
      realize
      secure
      net
      gross
      clear
      pay out
      fetch
      pocket
    4. (of an electorate) elect (a person or party) to office:
      elect
      choose
      select
      pick
      adopt
      vote in
      put in power
      opt for
    noun
    1. an act of coming or going back to a place or activity:
      homecoming
      travel back
      Opposite:
      departure
    2. a profit from an investment:
      yield
      profit
      returns
      gain
      income
      revenue
      interest
      dividend
      percentage
      bunce
      • an official report or statement submitted in response to a formal demand:
        statement
        report
        submission
        account
        paper
        record
        file
        dossier
        write-up
        data
        information
        log
        journal
        diary
        register
        summary
        document
        form
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