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return

/ɹɪˈtɜːn/ /ɹɪˈtɝn/

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noun

The act of returning.

Examples :

"I expect the house to be spotless upon my return."

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A return ticket.

Examples :

"Do you want a one-way or a return?"

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An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.

Examples :

"Last year there were 250 returns of this product, an improvement on the 500 returns the year before."

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noun

Examples :

"The teacher asked for a return on the math problem, and the student gave her answer. "

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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.

Examples :

"election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold"

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Gain or loss from an investment.

Examples :

"It yielded a return of 5%."

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: A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts. A tax return.

Examples :

"Hand in your return by the end of the tax year."

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A carriage return character.

Examples :

"The text editor requires a carriage return to start a new paragraph. "

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The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.

Examples :

"The return of the homework to the teacher was the signal for the class to start the next activity. "

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A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.

Examples :

"The function returned the student's final grade. "

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A return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from central plant).

Examples :

"The boiler technician had to cut out the heating return to access the safety valve."

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A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.

Examples :

"The desk had a small return that provided extra space for papers. "

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Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.

Examples :

"The return on the punt gave the team good field position. "

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A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.

Examples :

"The fielder threw a strong return to the wicket-keeper. "

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The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.

Examples :

"A facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south."

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To come or go back (to a place or person).

Examples :

"Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter."

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To go back in thought, narration, or argument.

Examples :

"To return to my story [...]"

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To turn back, retreat.

Examples :

"The soldiers returned to the base after the battle. "

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To turn (something) round.

Examples :

"The student returned the book to the library shelf. "

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To place or put back something where it had been.

Examples :

"Please return your hands to your lap."

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To give something back to its original holder or owner.

Examples :

"You should return the library book within one month."

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To take back something to a vendor for a refund.

Examples :

"I returned the faulty laptop to the store for a refund. "

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To give in requital or recompense; to requite.

Examples :

"My grandmother returned my lost book to me with a warm smile. "

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To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.

Examples :

"The tennis player returned the serve with a powerful shot. "

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To play a card as a result of another player's lead.

Examples :

"If one players plays a trump, the others must return a trump."

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To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.

Examples :

"The fielder returned the ball to the wicket-keeper. "

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To say in reply; to respond.

Examples :

"to return an answer; to return thanks; "Do it yourself!" she returned."

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To relinquish control to the calling procedure.

Examples :

"After finishing her homework, the student returned the textbook to the library. "

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To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.

Examples :

"This function returns the number of files in the directory."

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To retort; to throw back.

Examples :

"to return the lie"

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To report, or bring back and make known.

Examples :

"to return the result of an election"

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(by extension) To elect according to the official report of the election officers.

Examples :

"The school election results will return [Student A] as the new class president. "

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