return

return
verb
1》 come or go back to a place.
    ↘(return to) go back to (a state or situation).
    ↘(especially of a feeling) come back after a period of absence.
    ↘Golf play the last nine holes in a round of eighteen holes.
2》 give or send back or put back in place: return the lamb to the oven and add the olives.
    ↘feel, say, or do (the same feeling, action, etc.) in response.
    ↘(in tennis and other sports) hit or send (the ball) back to an opponent.
    ↘American Football intercept (a pass, kick, or fumble by the opposing team) and run upfield with the ball.
3》 yield or make (a profit).
4》 (of a judge or jury) state or present (a decision or verdict) in response to a formal request.
5》 (of an electorate) elect (a person or party) to office.
6》 Bridge lead (a card) after taking a trick.
7》 Architecture continue (a wall) in a changed direction, especially at right angles.
noun
1》 an act or the action of returning.
    ↘(also return match or game) a second contest between the same opponents.
    ↘a thing which has been returned, especially an unwanted ticket for an event.
2》 (also return ticket) Brit. a ticket allowing travel to a place and back again.
3》 (also returns) a profit from an investment.
4》 an official report or statement submitted in response to a formal demand: census returns.
    ↘Law an endorsement or report by a court officer or sheriff on a writ.
5》 (also carriage return) a mechanism or key on a typewriter that returns the carriage to a fixed position at the start of a new line.
    ↘(also return key) a key pressed on a computer keyboard to simulate a carriage return.
6》 an electrical conductor bringing a current back to its source.
7》 Architecture a part receding from the line of the front, for example the side of a house or of a window opening.
Phrases
by return (of post) Brit. in the next available mail delivery to the sender.
many happy returns (of the day) a greeting to someone on their birthday.
Derivatives
returnable adjective
returner noun
Origin
ME: the verb from OFr. returner, from L. re- 'back' + tornare 'to turn'; the noun via Anglo-Norman Fr.

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