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return

(r/I/'t/[@]/rn )

noun (n)

document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability(noun.communication)

Example:
His gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return.

Synonym:
income tax return, tax return

source: wordnet30
a coming to or returning home(noun.act)

Example:
On his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party.

Synonym:
homecoming

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the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction(noun.event)

Synonym:
coming back

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getting something back again(noun.act)

Synonym:
regaining, restitution, restoration

source: wordnet30
the act of going back to a prior location(noun.act)

Example:
They set out on their return to the base camp.

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the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property(noun.possession)

Example:
The average return was about 5%.

Synonym:
issue, payoff, proceeds, take, takings, yield

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happening again (especially at regular intervals)(noun.event)

Example:
The return of spring.

Synonym:
recurrence

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a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)(noun.communication)

Synonym:
comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, riposte

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the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
return key

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a reciprocal group action(noun.act)

Example:
In return we gave them as good as we got.

Synonym:
getting even, paying back

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a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player(noun.act)

Example:
He won the point on a cross-court return.

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(American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble(noun.act)

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the act of someone appearing again(noun.act)

Synonym:
reappearance

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The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before(verb.motion)

Example:
Return to your native land.
The professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean.

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give back(verb.possession)

Synonym:
render

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go back to a previous state(verb.change)

Synonym:
regress, retrovert, revert, turn back

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go back to something earlier(verb.communication)

Synonym:
come back, hark back, recall

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bring back to the point of departure(verb.motion)

Synonym:
bring back, take back

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return in kind(verb.possession)

Example:
Return a compliment.
Return her love.

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make a return(verb.contact)

Example:
Return a kickback.

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answer back(verb.communication)

Synonym:
come back, rejoin, repay, retort, riposte

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be restored(verb.change)

Example:
Her old vigor returned.

Synonym:
come back

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pay back(verb.possession)

Synonym:
give back, refund, repay

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pass down(verb.communication)

Synonym:
deliver, render

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elect again(verb.social)

Synonym:
reelect

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be inherited by(verb.possession)

Example:
The land returned to the family.

Synonym:
devolve, fall, pass

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return to a previous position; in mathematics(verb.motion)

Example:
The point returned to the interior of the figure.

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give or supply(verb.creation)

Synonym:
generate, give, render, yield

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submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority(verb.communication)

source: wordnet30
To turn again.(verb)

source: webster1913
To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.(verb)

source: webster1913
To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse.(verb)

source: webster1913

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