Return
/ɹɪˈtɜːn/
The meaning and definition of Return, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
noun
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An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.
“Last year there were 250 returns of this product, an improvement on the 500 returns the year before.”
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An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
“election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold”
verb
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To come or go back (to a place or person).
“Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.”
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To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
“To return to my story [...]”
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Synonyms
gaincoming
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