return /ri-tûrnˈ/

1. To come or go back
2. To revert
3. To recur
4. To turn away (Bible)
5. To continue with change of direction (architecture)

1. To give, put, cast, bring or send back
2. To answer
3. To retort
4. To report officially
5. To report as appointed or elected
6. To elect to parliament
7. To give in return
8. To lead back or hit back (sport)
9. To requite
10. To repay
11. To respond to in a similar manner
12. To render
13. To yield
14. To make a turn at an angle (architecture)
15. To turn round (Shakespeare)
16. To turn back (Spenser)
17. To come back over (Shakespeare)

1. The act of returning
2. A recurrence
3. Reversion
4. Continuation, or a continuing stretch, at an angle, esp a right angle (architecture, etc)
5. That which comes in exchange
6. Proceeds, profit, yield
7. Recompense
8. Requital
9. An answer
10. An answering performance
11. A thing returned, esp an unsold newspaper
12. (in pl) a light-coloured mild tobacco (orig refuse)
13. The rendering back of a writ by the sheriff, with a report (law)
14. An official report or statement, eg of one's taxable income (tax return) or (esp in pl) of the votes cast in an election
15. Election to parliament
16. A return ticket
17. The enter key (qv) on a computer keyboard

1. Returning
2. For return
3. In return
4. At right angles

returnˈable adjective

returneeˈ noun

Someone who returns or is returned, esp home from abroad or war service

returnˈer noun

A person who returns to paid employment after a period of absence, esp a woman doing so after having had children

returnˈik noun

(see -nik) a person, esp an E European, allowed or deciding to return to his or her country of origin after changes to its political system

returnˈless adjective

return crease see under crease¹

returning officer noun

The officer who presides at an election

return key noun

Same as enter key (see under enter)

return match noun

A second match played at a different venue by the same teams of players

return order noun (law)

An order granted by a court at the request of a creditor to the effect that a consumer returns the goods to the creditor

return shock noun

An electric shock due to induction sometimes felt after a lightning-flash

return ticket noun

A ticket entitling a passenger to travel to a place and back to his or her starting-point

by return or return of post

By the next post leaving in the opposite direction

in return

1. In exchange
2. In reply

many happy returns (of the day)

A conventional expression of good wishes said to a person on his or her birthday

re-turn /rē-tûrnˈ/

To turn again or back

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