Return (Verb)
Meaning 1
Bring back to the point of departure.
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 2
Answer back.
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Meaning 4
Give back; "render money".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 5
Return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 6
Elect again.
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 7
Be restored; "Her old vigor returned".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 8
Go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 9
Go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 10
Submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Meaning 11
Make a return; "return a kickback".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 12
Pay back; "Please refund me my money".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 13
Give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 14
Pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 15
Go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 16
Be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.