Definitions for return

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return re·turn

Spelling: [ri-turn]

IPA: /rɪˈtɜrn/

Return is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in return (enrrtu).

Definitions for return

noun

1. the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
2. a recurrence:
3. reciprocation, repayment, or requital:
4. response or reply.
5. a person or thing that is returned:
6. the gain realized on an exchange of goods.
7. Often, returns. a yield or profit, as from labor, land, business, or investment:
8. Also called tax return. a statement, on an officially prescribed form, of income, deductions, exemptions, etc., and taxes due.
9. Usually, returns. an official or unofficial report on a count of votes, candidates elected, etc.:
10. Chiefly British. return ticket (def 2).
11. Architecture. the continuation of a molding, projection, etc., in a different direction. a side or part that falls away from the front of any straight or flat member or area.
12. a tablelike extension attached at a right angle to a desk at typing height, for holding a typewriter, computer, etc.
13. a key or lever on a typewriter or other business machine that returns the carriage to the extreme right, or the typing element to the extreme left, for the beginning of a new line.
14. Computers. See under carriage return (def 2).
15. Sports. the act of returning a ball. the ball that is returned.
16. Football. a runback of a kick, intercepted pass, or fumble recovery.
17. Economics. yield per unit as compared to the cost per unit involved in a specific industrial process.
18. Law. the bringing or sending back of various documents, such as a writ, summons, or subpoena, with a brief written report usually endorsed upon it, by a sheriff, to the court from which it issued. a certified document by a great variety of officers, as assessors, collectors, and election officers. the report or certificate endorsed in such documents.
19. Cards. a lead that responds to a partner's lead.
20. Theater. a flat or drapery parallel to the tormentor for masking the offstage area and often completing the downstage part of a set.
21. returns. merchandise shipped back to a supplier from a retailer or distributor as unsold or unsalable. merchandise returned to a retailer by a consumer.
22. (on a typewriter) the key or mechanism that causes the next character typed to appear at the left margin and on a new line.
23. Computers. the symbol, command, or key (return) that causes the printer to be positioned or the cursor to be displayed at the left margin.

adjective

1. of or relating to a return or returning:
2. sent, given, or done in return:
3. done or occurring again:
4. noting a person or thing that is returned or returning to a place:
5. changing in direction; doubling or returning on itself:
6. used for returning, recirculating, etc.:
7. (of a game) played in order to provide the loser of an earlier game with the opportunity to win from the same opponent:
8. adequate, necessary, or provided to enable the return of a mailed package or letter to its sender:

verb (used with object)

1. to put, bring, take, give, or send back to the original place, position, etc.:
2. to send or give back in reciprocation, recompense, or requital:
3. to reciprocate, repay, or react to (something sent, given, done, etc.) with something similar:
4. Law. to give to a judge or official (a statement or a writ of actions done). to render (a verdict, decision, etc.).
5. to reflect (light, sound, etc.).
6. to yield (a profit, revenue, etc.), as in return for labor, expenditure, or investment.
7. to report or announce officially:
8. to elect, as to a legislative body:
9. Military. to put (a weapon) back into its holder.
10. Cards. to respond to (a suit led) by a similar lead:
11. to turn back or in the reverse direction, as a served ball in tennis.
12. Chiefly Architecture. to cause to turn or proceed in a different direction from the previous line of direction; reverse:

verb (used without object)

1. to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state:
2. to revert to a former owner:
3. to revert or recur, as in thought, discourse, etc.:
4. to make a reply or retort:

Origin of return

1275-1325; (v.) Middle English retornen Middle French retorner, returner, Old French (see re-, turn); (noun) Middle

Examples for return

Accept them for a dowry; and allow me to claim one privilege in return.

When you return, you will find a trifling token of remembrance for yourself and Philothea.

Nickelodeon did not return a request for comment for this story.

Today, the Imperial family can be found dining at Honke Owariya upon their return from Tokyo.

The philosopher was too deeply impressed to return to the festivities of Olympia.

If he should do so, the law would compel him to return her magnificent dowry.

Would the Democrats rescind those rights if they were to return to power?

Later studies showed that only gaining weight and the return of natural menstruation help improve bone density.

You can even now return, if you will submit to be a mere sojourner in Athens.

I know that one day in the near (ish) future, we will return to our usual hikes and bike rides.