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English noun: return | |||
| 1. | return (communication) document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability | ||
| Samples | His gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return. | ||
| Synonyms | income tax return, tax return | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | amended return, declaration of estimated tax, estimated tax return, false return, information return, joint return | ||
| 2. | return (act) a coming to or returning home | ||
| Samples | On his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party. | ||
| Synonyms | homecoming | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrival | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | repatriation | ||
| 3. | return (event) the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction | ||
| Synonyms | coming back | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | turn, turning | ||
| 4. | return (act) getting something back again | ||
| Samples | Upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing. | ||
| Synonyms | regaining, restitution, restoration | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquisition | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clawback | ||
| 5. | return (act) the act of going back to a prior location | ||
| Samples | They set out on their return to the base camp. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, move, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | reentry, remand | ||
| 6. | return (possession) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | ||
| Samples | The average return was about 5%. | ||
| Synonyms | issue, payoff, proceeds, take, takings, yield | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | income | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | economic rent, payback, rent | ||
| 7. | return (event) happening again (especially at regular intervals) | ||
| Samples | The return of spring. | ||
| Synonyms | recurrence | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | repeat, repetition | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | atavism, flashback, reversion, throwback | ||
| 8. | return (communication) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) | ||
| Samples | It brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher. | ||
| Synonyms | comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, riposte | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reply, response | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | back talk, backtalk, lip, mouth, sass, sassing | ||
| 9. | return (artifact) the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed | ||
| Synonyms | return key | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | key | ||
| 10. | return (act) a reciprocal group action | ||
| Samples | In return we gave them as good as we got. | ||
| Synonyms | getting even, paying back | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | group action | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | payment, reciprocation, requital, retaliation, revenge, tit for tat | ||
| 11. | return (act) a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player | ||
| Samples | He won the point on a cross-court return. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tennis shot, tennis stroke | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backhand, backhand shot, backhand stroke, chop, chop shot, dink, drive, drop shot, forehand, forehand shot, forehand stroke, get, ground stroke, half volley, lob, overhead, passing shot, smash, volley | ||
| Part meronym | lawn tennis, tennis | ||
| 12. | return (act) (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | run, running, running game, running play | ||
| Domain category | American football, American football game | ||
| 13. | return (act) the act of someone appearing again | ||
| Samples | His reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited. | ||
| Synonyms | reappearance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appearance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | comeback | ||
English verb: return | |||
| 1. | return (motion) go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before | ||
| Samples | Return to your native land. The professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean. | ||
| Examples | The children return to the playground | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backtrack, boomerang, bounce, cut back, double back, flash back, go home, head home, home, resurrect, retrace, return, revisit, rise, trace, turn back, uprise | ||
| 2. | return (possession) give back | ||
| Samples | Render money. | ||
| Synonyms | render | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | give | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | feed back, resubmit | ||
| 3. | return (change) go back to a previous state | ||
| Samples | We reverted to the old rules. | ||
| Synonyms | regress, retrovert, revert, turn back | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change by reversal, reverse, turn | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fall back, go back, lapse, recidivate, recover, recuperate, regress, relapse, resile, retrogress | ||
| 4. | return (communication) go back to something earlier | ||
| Samples | This harks back to a previous remark of his. | ||
| Synonyms | come back, hark back, recall | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | denote, refer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | go back, recur | ||
| 5. | return (motion) bring back to the point of departure | ||
| Examples | They return the parcel to their parents | ||
| Synonyms | bring back, take back | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring, convey, take | ||
| 6. | return (possession) return in kind | ||
| Samples | Return a compliment. Return her love. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reciprocate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | redound | ||
| 7. | return (contact) make a return | ||
| Samples | Return a kickback. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | carry, transport | ||
| Domain category | football, football game | ||
| 8. | return (communication) answer back | ||
| Synonyms | come back, rejoin, repay, retort, riposte | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | answer, reply, respond | ||
| 9. | return (change) be restored | ||
| Samples | Her old vigor returned. | ||
| Synonyms | come back | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | re-emerge, reappear | ||
| 10. | return (possession) pay back | ||
| Samples | Please refund me my money. | ||
| Examples | They return the money to them , They return them the money | ||
| Synonyms | give back, refund, repay | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pay | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | reimburse, restitute, restore | ||
| 11. | return (communication) pass down | ||
| Samples | Render a verdict. Deliver a judgment. | ||
| Synonyms | deliver, render | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across | ||
| 12. | return (social) elect again | ||
| Synonyms | reelect | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | elect | ||
| 13. | return (possession) be inherited by | ||
| Samples | The estate fell to my sister. The land returned to the family. The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead. | ||
| Synonyms | devolve, fall, pass | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change hands, change owners | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fall, light | ||
| Verb group | accrue, fall | ||
| 14. | return (motion) return to a previous position; in mathematics | ||
| Samples | The point returned to the interior of the figure. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | return | ||
| 15. | return (creation) give or supply | ||
| Samples | The cow brings in 5 liters of milk. This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn. The estate renders some revenue for the family. | ||
| Synonyms | generate, give, render, yield | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create, make, produce | ||
| Verb group | establish, give, give, yield | ||
| 16. | return (communication) submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority | ||
| Samples | Submit a bill to a legislative body. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | subject, submit | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | report out | ||
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