Returning
vverb.motiongo or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been beforeExamples:- return to your native land
- the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean
Derivationally Related Form:return
Hypernyms:go locomote move travel
Inherited Hypernyms:returntravel
Direct Hyponyms:backtrackboomerangbouncecut backdouble backflash backgo homehead homehomeresurrectretracereturnrevisitrisetraceturn backuprise
Full Troponyms:backtrackboomerangbouncecut backgo homehomeresurrectreturnrevisittrace
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | The children --- to the playground (apply to: return)
vverb.possessiongive backSynset:render return
Derivationally Related Form:return
Hypernyms:give
Inherited Hypernyms:rendergivetransfer
Direct Hyponyms:feed backresubmit
Full Troponyms:feed back
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody something | Somebody ---s something to somebody | They --- the countryside (apply to: render) | They --- the money to them (apply to: render)
vverb.changego back to a previous stateSynset:regress retrovert return revert turn back
Examples:- We reverted to the old rules
Derivationally Related Form:reversivereversionregressregressionrevertingreturnretroversion
Hypernyms:change by reversal reverse turn
Inherited Hypernyms:revertchange by reversalchange
Direct Hyponyms:fall backgo backlapserecidivaterecoverrecuperateregressrelapseresileretrogress
Full Troponyms:rallyrecoverrelapseresile
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.communicationgo back to something earlierSynset:come back hark back recall return
Examples:- This harks back to a previous remark of his
Hypernyms:denote refer
Inherited Hypernyms:hark backdenotemean
Direct Hyponyms:go backrecur
Full Troponyms:recur
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.motionbring back to the point of departureSynset:bring back return take back
Derivationally Related Form:return
Hypernyms:bring convey take
Inherited Hypernyms:returnbringtransportmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP | Somebody ---s something to somebody | They --- the parcel to their parents (apply to: return)
vverb.possessionreturn in kindExamples:- return a compliment
- return her love
Derivationally Related Form:return
Hypernyms:reciprocate
Inherited Hypernyms:returnreciprocateact
Direct Hyponyms:redound
Full Troponyms:redound
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactmake a returnTopic:footballfootball game
Derivationally Related Form:return
Hypernyms:carry transport
Inherited Hypernyms:returntransportmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationanswer backSynset:come back rejoin repay retort return riposte
Derivationally Related Form:comebackreturnriposteretort
Hypernyms:answer reply respond
Inherited Hypernyms:retortanswerstateexpress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: retort, rejoin)
vverb.changebe restoredSynset:come back return
Hypernyms:re-emerge reappear
Inherited Hypernyms:come backreappearappear
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.possessionpay backSynset:give back refund repay return
Examples:- Please refund me my money
Derivationally Related Form:refundrepayment
Hypernyms:pay
Inherited Hypernyms:refundpaygivetransfer
Direct Hyponyms:reimburserestituterestore
Full Troponyms:reimburserestore
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody something | Somebody ---s something to somebody | They --- the money to them (apply to: repay, refund, return) | They --- them the money (apply to: repay, refund, return)
vverb.communicationpass downSynset:deliver render return
Examples:- render a verdict
- deliver a judgment
Hypernyms:communicate pass pass along pass on put across
Inherited Hypernyms:rendercommunicateconveytransfermove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.socialelect againSynset:reelect return
Derivationally Related Form:reelection
Hypernyms:elect
Inherited Hypernyms:reelectelectchoosedecide
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.possessionbe inherited bySynset:devolve fall pass return
Examples:- 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
Hypernyms:change hands change owners
Inherited Hypernyms:fallchange handsmove
Direct Hyponyms:falllight
Full Troponyms:fall
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody
vverb.motionreturn to a previous position; in mathematicsExamples:- The point returned to the interior of the figure
Hypernyms:return
Inherited Hypernyms:returnreturntravel
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.creationgive or supplySynset:generate give render return yield
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:yieldreturngeneration
Hypernyms:create make produce
Inherited Hypernyms:renderproduce
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationsubmit (a report, etc.) to someone in authorityExamples:- submit a bill to a legislative body
Hypernyms:submit
Inherited Hypernyms:returnsubmitrefersendmove
Direct Hyponyms:report out
Full Troponyms:report out
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something to somebody
adj satadj.alltending to return to an earlier stateSynset:reverting
Antonyms:progressive
Inherited Hypernyms:returning
Similar to:regressive
adj satadj.alltending to be turned backSynset:reversive
Antonyms:forward
Derivationally Related Form:revert
Inherited Hypernyms:returning
Similar to:backward