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Noun return has 13 senses
- tax return, income tax return, return - document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"
--1 is a kind of legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
--1 has particulars:
- return, homecoming - a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
--2 is a kind of arrival
--2 has particulars: repatriation
- return, coming back - the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
--3 is a kind of turning, turn
- restitution, return, restoration, regaining - getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
--4 is a kind of acquisition
--4 has particulars: clawback
- return - the act of returning to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp"
--5 is a kind of motion, movement, move
--5 has particulars: reentry; remand
- return, issue, proceeds, take, takings, yield, payoff - the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
--6 is a kind of income
--6 has particulars: economic rent, rent; payback
- recurrence, return - happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring"
--7 is a kind of repeat, repetition
--7 has particulars: atavism, reversion, throwback; flashback
- rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter - a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
--8 is a kind of reply, response
--8 has particulars:
- return key, return - the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
--9 is a kind of key
- return, paying back, getting even - a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got"
--10 is a kind of group action
--10 has particulars:
- return - a tennis stroke that returns the ball to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"
--11 is a kind of tennis stroke, tennis shot
--11 is a part of tennis, lawn tennis
--11 has particulars:
- return - (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
--12 is a kind of run, running, running play, running game
- reappearance, return - the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"
--13 is a kind of appearance
--13 has particulars: comeback
Verb return has 16 senses
- return, go back, get back, come back - come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentence:
The children return to the playground
- render, return - give back; "render money"
--2 is one way to give
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back - go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
--3 is one way to change by reversal, turn, reverse
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- hark back, return, come back, recall - go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
--4 is one way to denote, refer
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- return, take back, bring back - bring back to the point of departure
--5 is one way to bring, convey, take
Sample sentence:
They return the parcel to their parents
- return - return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love"
--6 is one way to reciprocate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- return - make a return; "return a kickback"
--7 is one way to transport, carry
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin - answer back
--8 is one way to answer, reply, respond
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- come back, return - be restored; "Her old vigor returned"
--9 is one way to reappear, re-emerge
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- refund, return, repay, give back - pay back; "Please refund me my money"
--10 is one way to pay
Sample sentences:
They return the money to them
They return them the money
- render, deliver, return - pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
--11 is one way to communicate, pass on, pass, put across
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- reelect, return - elect again
--12 is one way to elect
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- fall, return, pass, devolve - be inherited by; "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"
--13 is one way to change hands
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- return - return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure"
--14 is one way to return, go back, get back, come back
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- render, yield, return, give, generate - give or supply; "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"
--15 is one way to produce, make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- return - submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"
--16 is one way to submit, subject
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
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