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1. re.turn \ri-'t*rn\ vb [ME retournen, fr. MF retourner, fr. re- + tourner
to t]urn - more at TURN 1a: to go back or come back again {~ home} 1b: to
go back in thought or practice : REVERT 2: to pass back to an earlier
possessor 3: REPLY, RETORT 1a: to give (as an official account) to a
superior 1b: to elect (a candidate) as attested by office or tribunal 2a:
to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place {~ the gun to its
holster} 2b: to restore to a former or to a normal state 3a: to send back
upon : VISIT obs 3b: to retort (as an accusation) upon 4: to bring in
(as profit) : YIELD 5a: to give or perform in return : REPAY {~ a
compliment> 5b: to give back to the owner 5c: REFLECT {~ an echo} 6: to
cause (as a wall) to continue in a different direction (as at a righ t
angle) 7: to lead (a specified suit or specified card of a suit) in
response to a partner's earlier lead 8a: to play back (as a ball) to an
opponent 8b: to throw back (as a fielded baseball) or come back. RETURN
may imply a going back to a starting place or to a condition or place where
it belongs; REVERT implies going back to a former state, an original owner,
or a previous decision; RECUR implies a return of something that has
happened or been experienced before; RECRUDESCE applies to a return to
activity of something that has been suppressed, controlled, or lying
dormant - re.turn.er n SYN syn RETURN, REVERT, RECUR, RECRUDESCE mean to go
2. return n 1a: the act of coming back to or from a place or condition 1b:
a regular or frequent returning : RECURRENCE 2a1: the delivery of a legal
order (as a writ) to the proper officer or cou rt 2a2: the endorsed
certificate of an official stating his action in the exec ution of such an
order 2a3: the sending back of a commission with the certificate of the
commissio ners 2b: an account or formal report 2c1: a report of the
results of balloting - usu. used in pl. {election ~s} 2c2: an official
declaration of the election of a candidate chiefly Brit 2c3: ELECTION
2d1: a formal statement on a required legal form showing taxable income, al
lowable deductions and exemptions, and the computation of the tax due 2d2:
a list of taxable property 3a: the continuation usu. at a right angle of
the face or of a member of a building or of a molding or group of moldings
3b: a turn, bend, or winding back 3c: a means for conveying something (as
water) back to its starting point 4a: a quantity of goods, consignment, or
cargo coming back in exchange for goods sent out as a mercantile venture
4b: the value of or profit from such venture 4c1: the profit from labor,
investment, or business : YIELD pl 4c2: RESULTS 4d: the rate of profit
in a process of production per unit of cost 5a: the act of returning
something to a former place, condition, or ownersh ip : RESTITUTION 5b:
something returned; esp, pl : unsold publications returne d to the
publisher for cash or credit 6a: something given in repayment or
reciprocation 6b: ANSWER, RETORT 6c: a lead in a suit previously led by
one's partner in a card game 6d: an answering or retaliatory play : as
6d1: the act of returning a ball to an opponent 6d2: the run of a football
after a kick by the other team
3. return aj 1a: having or formed by a change of direction {~ facade} 1b:
doubled on itself {~ flue} 2: played, delivered, or given in return 3:
used or taken on returning 4: returning or permitting return {~ valve} 5:
RECURRING
Webster's English Dictionary