RETURN
/ɹɪˈtɜːn/
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Definition
/ɹɪˈtɜːn/
noun
- The act of returning.“I expect the house to be spotless upon my return.”
- A return ticket.“Do you want a one-way or a return?”
- 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.”
- An answer.“a return to one's question”
- 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
- To come or go back (to a place or person).“Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.”
- To go back in thought, narration, or argument.“To return to my story [...]”
- To turn back, retreat.
- To turn (something) round.
- To place or put back something where it had been.“Please return your hands to your lap.”
Source: Wiktionary
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