RETURN


Meaning of RETURN in English

■ verb

1》 come or go back to a place.

↘( ~ to ) go back to (a state or situation).

↘(especially of a feeling) come back after a period of absence.

↘ Golf play the last nine holes in a round of eighteen holes.

2》 give or send back or put back in place: ~ the lamb to the oven and add the olives.

↘feel, say, or do (the same feeling, action, etc.) in response.

↘(in tennis and other sports) hit or send (the ball) back to an opponent.

↘ American Football intercept (a pass, kick, or fumble by the opposing team) and run upfield with the ball.

3》 yield or make (a profit).

4》 (of a judge or jury) state or present (a decision or verdict) in response to a formal request.

5》 (of an electorate) elect (a person or party) to office.

6》 Bridge lead (a card) after taking a trick.

7》 Architecture continue (a wall) in a changed direction, especially at right angles.

■ noun

1》 an act or the action of ~ing.

↘(also ~ match or game ) a second contest between the same opponents.

↘a thing which has been ~ed, especially an unwanted ticket for an event.

2》 (also ~ ticket ) Brit. a ticket allowing travel to a place and back again.

3》 (also ~s ) a profit from an investment.

4》 an official report or statement submitted in response to a formal demand: census ~s.

↘ Law an endorsement or report by a court officer or sheriff on a writ.

5》 (also carriage ~ ) a mechanism or key on a typewriter that ~s the carriage to a fixed position at the start of a new line.

↘(also ~ key ) a key pressed on a computer keyboard to simulate a carriage ~.

6》 an electrical conductor bringing a current back to its source.

7》 Architecture a part receding from the line of the front, for example the side of a house or of a window opening.

Phrases

by ~ ( of post ) Brit. in the next available mail delivery to the sender.

many happy ~s ( of the day ) a greeting to someone on their birthday.

Derivatives

~able adjective

~er noun

Origin

ME: the verb from OFr. ~er , from L. re- 'back' + tornare 'to turn'; the noun via Anglo-Norman Fr.

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