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tērn
/rÉĒˈtɜːn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "return"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to go or come back to a person or place
Intransitive: to return to a place or state
to return definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The migratory birds return to their nesting grounds every spring.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧀ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻž āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ

to send, give, or bring something back to someone or to a place
Transitive: to return sth point in time
to return definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After repairing my laptop, the technician will return it to me by the end of the day.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻĒ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āύāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to bring back a purchased item to the seller in order to receive a refund
Transitive: to return a purchased item
to return definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The shoes did n't fit properly, so Mark had to return them.
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āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to go back to a specific situation or condition
Intransitive: to return to a state or level
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After a period of intense stress, Sarah practiced mindfulness to return to a state of calm and relaxation.
āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϞ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻš āĻŽāĻžāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻĢ⧁āϞāύ⧇āϏ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϘāϟāϤ⧇

to reoccur or happen again after a period of absence or inactivity
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The popular festival, which had been on hiatus for several years, is set to return with a grand celebration
āϜāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ, āϝāĻž āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āωāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĨ¤
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āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

to retrace one's thoughts, revisiting a specific point or idea in narration or argumentation
Transitive: to return to a topic or idea
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The author masterfully crafted the novel, skillfully returning to key plot points.
āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ• āωāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒā§āϞāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of feelings or thoughts) to reoccur or resurface
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In times of stress, old insecurities tend to return.
āϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇, āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§€āύāϤāĻž āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤāĻž āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁āĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to respond to a statement, question, or remark
Transitive: to return with a response | to return to a question or remark
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When confronted with the evidence, the suspect chose to remain silent and did not return with an alibi.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āϖ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻ­āĻžāϜāύ āύ⧀āϰāĻŦ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāχ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āϞāĻžāĻ­ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āύāĻžāĻĢāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a profit, often in the context of investments, business ventures, or financial activities
Transitive: to return a profit or growth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company launched a new product line, expecting it to return significant profits.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āϞāĻžāχāύ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻŽā§āύāĻžāĻĢāĻž āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to formally state or provide a decision, verdict, or response in answer to a specific request
Transitive: to return a verdict
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The parole board will carefully review the inmate 's case and return a decision regarding early release.
āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰ⧋āϞ āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to submit or present a report, document, or similar item to someone in authority
Transitive: to return a report to an authority
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The accountant completed the financial audit and returned the detailed findings to the company's CFO.
āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦāϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āύāĻŋāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻĢāĻ“-āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to elect or choose a person or political party to hold a position in office
Transitive: to return a political figure or party
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The citizens were eager to return the experienced senator to office.
āύāĻžāĻ—āϰāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻž āϏāĻŋāύ⧇āϟāϰāϕ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁āĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to do, say, or feel something in response to the same action, remark, or feeling from others
Transitive: to return an action, remark, or feeling
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It 's time we returned their invitation.
āĻāĻ–āύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āχāĨ¤
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āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

a coming to or returning home
return definition and meaning
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āĻ•āϰ āϰāĻŋāϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ, āφāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āϤāĻŋ

document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
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āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ

the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
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āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ

getting something back again
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ, āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ

the act of going back to a prior location
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āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ, āφāϝāĻŧ

the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ, āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦ

a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
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āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ

happening again (especially at regular intervals)
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āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁āĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ

the act of hitting the ball back to the opponent after it has been served or hit by the opponent in racket sports like tennis and table tennis
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She practiced her returns to improve her consistency.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ

a reciprocal group action
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āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ

the act of someone appearing again
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āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ, āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāχ āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ

the unsold books that are returned by retailers or distributors to the publisher or wholesaler for credit or refund
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āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ, āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϟ

a ticket for a journey from one place to another and back again
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Is it cheaper to get a return or two one-way tickets?
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇āϟ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āύāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€ āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇āϟ?

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

returning
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