return

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Synonyms: reburn, deturn, re-turn, re turn, returf

Antonyms: reburn, deturn, re-turn, re turn, returf

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To come or go back (to a place or person).
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To go back in [[thought]], [[narration]], or [[argument]].
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[recur]]; to come again.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To [[turn back]], [[retreat]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To turn (something) round.
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[place]] or [[put back]] something where it had been.
7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To give something [[back]] to its original holder or owner.
8. To give in [[requital]] or [[recompense]]; to [[requite]].
9. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[reciprocate]] (a [[visit]] or [[telephone call]], electronic message, etc.).
10. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[take back]] something to a [[vendor]] for a [[complete]] or [[partial]] [[refund]].
11. {{lb|en|tennis}} To bat the ball back over the [[net]] in response to a [[serve]].
12. {{lb|en|card games}} To play a [[card]] as a result of another player’s [[lead]].

Noun

1. The act of [[#Verb|return]]ing.
2. A [[return ticket]].
3. {{lb|en|business}} An item that is [[#Verb|return]]ed, e.g. due to a [[defect]].
4. An [[answer]].
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.
6. Gain or loss from an investment.
7. {{lb|en|taxation|finance}} A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a [[tax return]].
8. {{lb|en|computing}} A [[carriage return]] [[character]].
9. {{lb|en|computing}} The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
10. {{lb|en|computing}} A [[return value]]: the data passed back from a called procedure.
11. A [[return pipe]], [[#Verb|return]]ing [[fluid]] to a [[boiler]] or other central plant (compare with [[flow]] pipe, which carries liquid away from a central plant).
12. {{lb|en|mining}} A [[roadway]] along which foul air travels from the [[face]] on its way out of the [[mine]].

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