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Meaning of return

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  return
      n 1: document giving the tax collector information about the
           taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that
           he had to file a tax return" [syn: {tax return}, {income
           tax return}, {return}]
      2: a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia
         we gave him a welcoming party" [syn: {return}, {homecoming}]
      3: the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite
         direction [syn: {return}, {coming back}]
      4: getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the
         book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue
         lashing" [syn: {restitution}, {return}, {restoration},
         {regaining}]
      5: the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on
         their return to the base camp"
      6: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the
         sale of land or other property; "the average return was about
         5%" [syn: {return}, {issue}, {take}, {takings}, {proceeds},
         {yield}, {payoff}]
      7: happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the
         return of spring" [syn: {recurrence}, {return}]
      8: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or
         critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the
         teacher" [syn: {rejoinder}, {retort}, {return}, {riposte},
         {replication}, {comeback}, {counter}]
      9: the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that
         causes a carriage return and a line feed [syn: {return key},
         {return}]
      10: a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good
          as we got" [syn: {return}, {paying back}, {getting even}]
      11: a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other
          player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"
      12: (American football) the act of running back the ball after a
          kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
      13: the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as
          Hamlet has been long awaited" [syn: {reappearance},
          {return}]
      v 1: 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"
      2: give back; "render money" [syn: {render}, {return}]
      3: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
         [syn: {revert}, {return}, {retrovert}, {regress}, {turn
         back}]
      4: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous
         remark of his" [syn: {hark back}, {return}, {come back},
         {recall}]
      5: bring back to the point of departure [syn: {return}, {take
         back}, {bring back}]
      6: return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love"
      7: make a return; "return a kickback"
      8: answer back [syn: {retort}, {come back}, {repay}, {return},
         {riposte}, {rejoin}]
      9: be restored; "Her old vigor returned" [syn: {come back},
         {return}]
      10: pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: {refund},
          {return}, {repay}, {give back}]
      11: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn:
          {render}, {deliver}, {return}]
      12: elect again [syn: {reelect}, {return}]
      13: 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" [syn: {fall},
          {return}, {pass}, {devolve}]
      14: return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point
          returned to the interior of the figure"
      15: 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" [syn: {render},
          {yield}, {return}, {give}, {generate}]
      16: submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a
          bill to a legislative body"

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