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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishreturnen,retornen, fromAnglo-Normanreturner, fromOld Frenchretourner,retorner, fromMedieval Latinretornare(“to turn back”), fromre- +tornare(“to turn”). Bysurface analysis,re- +‎turn. Comparebeturn.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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return (third-person singular simple presentreturns,present participlereturning,simple past and past participlereturned)

  1. (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
    Although the birds fly north for the summer, theyreturn here in winter.
    • 1897 December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter IV, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC,page58:
      The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The threereturned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.
    • 1942, “'I Came Through; I Shall Return'”, inThe Advertiser‎[1]:
      "I came through and I shallreturn," GeneralMacArthur declared when he spoke at Terowie of the beleagured Philippines.
    • 1963,Margery Allingham, “Meeting Point”, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC,page232:
      As soon as Juliareturned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
  2. (intransitive) To go back inthought,narration, orargument.
    Toreturn to my story[…]
  3. (intransitive) Torecur; to come again.
    Winterreturns every year.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) Toturn back,retreat.
    • 1470–1485 (date produced),Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in[Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] byWilliam Caxton], published31 July 1485,→OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor,Le Morte Darthur […], London:David Nutt, […],1889,→OCLC:
      ‘I suppose here is none woll be glad toreturne – and as for me,’ seyde Sir Cador, ‘I had lever dye this day that onys to turne my bak.’
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To turn (something) round.
  6. (transitive) Toplace orput back something where it had been.
    Pleasereturn your hands to your lap.
  7. (transitive) To give somethingback to its original holder or owner.
    You shouldreturn the library book within one month.
  8. To give inrequital orrecompense; torequite.
  9. (transitive) Toreciprocate (avisit ortelephone call).
    Hello, I'm justreturning your call. What did you want to talk about?
  10. (transitive) Totake back something to avendor for acomplete orpartialrefund.
    Yeah, it's $600,000 but, if it doesn't work, you can alwaysreturn it. As long as it's undamaged and in the original packaging, I'll give you a full refund.
  11. (tennis) To bat the ball back over thenet in response to aserve.
    The player couldn'treturn the serve because it was so fast.
  12. (card games) To play acard as a result of another player'slead.
    If one players plays a trump, the others mustreturn a trump.
  13. (cricket) Tothrow aball back to thewicket-keeper (or afielder at that position) from somewhere in thefield.
  14. (transitive) Tosay inreply; torespond.
    toreturn an answer;  toreturn thanks;  "Do it yourself!" shereturned.
    • 1859,Charles Dickens, “A Hand at Cards”, inA Tale of Two Cities, London:Chapman and Hall, […],→OCLC, book III (The Track of a Storm),page205:
      “No!”returned the spy. “I throw up. I confess that we were so unpopular with the outrageous mob, that I only got away from England at the risk of being ducked to death[…]
    • 1897 October 16, Henry James, chapter XII, inWhat Maisie Knew, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Herbert S. Stone & Co.,→OCLC,page132:
      “Ah my good friend, I do look out,” the young manreturned while Maisie helped herself afresh to bread and butter.
  15. (intransitive, computing) Torelinquish control to thecallingprocedure.
  16. (transitive, computing) To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
    This functionreturns the number of files in the directory.
  17. (transitive, dated) Toretort; to throw back.
    toreturn the lie
  18. (transitive) Toreport, or bring back and make known.
    toreturn the result of an election
  19. (Commonwealth, by extension, dated in the US) Toelect to a certain office.
    he wasreturned as a Member of Parliament
  20. (fencing) To give athrust orcut afterparrying a sword-thrust.

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofreturn
infinitive(to)return
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularreturnreturned
2nd-personsingularreturn,returnest†returned,returnedst†
3rd-personsingularreturns,returneth†returned
pluralreturn
subjunctivereturnreturned
imperativereturn—
participlesreturningreturned

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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to come or go back—see alsocome back,‎go back
to go back in thought, narration, or argument
to turn back, retreat
to turn (something) round
to put something back where it had been—seeput back
to give something back to its original holder or owner
to take something back to a retailer for a refund—seetake back
to give in requital or recompense; to requite
tennis: to bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve
card games: to play a card as a result of another player's lead
cricket: to throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper
to say in reply; to respond
computing: to relinquish control to the calling procedure
computing: to pass back (data) to the calling procedure
to retort; to throw back
to report, or bring back and make known
to elect according to the official report of the election officers
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Noun

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return (countable anduncountable,pluralreturns)

  1. The act ofreturning.
    I expect the house to be spotless upon myreturn.
    • 1897 December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter II, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC,pages12–13:
      I had occasion[…] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on myreturn[…] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railroad station.
    • 1976,Reports of Cases Determined in the Courts of Appeal of the State of California, page423:
      […] of the existence or nonexistence of parental intent to abandon a subject minor child, whether the best interests and welfare of such minor child will be served by taking custody from the parents, and whetherreturn of a child to the parents would be detrimental to such child.
  2. Areturn ticket.
    Do you want a one-way or areturn?
  3. (business) An item that isreturned, e.g. due to adefect.
    • 2017, John Gattorna,Strategic Supply Chain Alignment, page623:
      Most productreturns to the top retailers in the USA (either direct from the consumer or through non-sales) will be taken back by the original suppliers for rework or disposal.
  4. Ananswer.
    areturn to one's question
  5. 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.
    electionreturns; areturn of the amount of goods produced or sold
    • 1942 May-June, Charles E. Lee, “The Brampton Railway”, inRailway Magazine, page 140, relating to an election in 1837:
      The otherreturns having come in, the result of the poll, that Sir James Graham had been superseded by Major Aglionby, was declared at Carlisle soon after 11 a.m.
  6. Gain or loss from an investment.
    It yielded areturn of 5%.
    • 1651,Jer[emy] Taylor,The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […],→OCLC:
      from the few hours we spend in prayer and the exercises of a pious life, thereturn is great and profitable
    • 2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, inBBC Sport:
      Liverpool have now won only five of their 17 home league games this season. It is a poorreturn for a team of Liverpool's pedigree and resources but, once again, Kenny Dalglish's team were the instigators of their own downfall as chance after chance went begging.
    • 2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8843, page68:
      Investors face a quandary. Cash offers areturn of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources ofreturn.
  7. (taxation, finance) A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; atax return.
    Hand in yourreturn within 90 days of the end of the tax year.
  8. (computing) Acarriage returncharacter.
  9. (computing) The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
  10. (computing) Areturn value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
  11. Areturn pipe,returningfluid to aboiler or other central plant (compare withflow pipe, which carries liquid away from a central plant).
    The boiler technician had to cut out the heatingreturn to access the safety valve.
  12. (mining) Aroadway along which foul air travels from theface on its way out of themine.
  13. (American football) The act of catching a ball after apunt and running it back towards the opposing team.
  14. (cricket) Athrow from afielder to thewicket-keeper or to another fielder at thewicket.
  15. A shortperpendicularextension of adesk, usually slightly lower.
    A modern-style desk with a leftreturn
  16. (architecture) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.
    A facade of sixty feet east and west has areturn of twenty feet north and south.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Terms derived from the nounreturn

Translations

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act of returning
act of returning an item
return ticket—seereturn ticket
item that is returned
answer—seeanswer
formal report, set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information
finance: gain or loss from an investment
finance: tax return
computing: carriage return character
computing: act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure
computing: return value
short perpendicular extension of a desk
American football: catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team
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cricket
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