RETURN

Definition of RETURN

  1. (verb)go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
  2. (verb)give back
  3. (verb)go back to a previous state
  4. (verb)go back to something earlier
  5. (verb)bring back to the point of departure
  6. (verb)return in kind
  7. (verb)make a return
  8. (verb)answer back
  9. (verb)be restored
  10. (verb)pay back
  11. (verb)pass down
  12. (verb)elect again
  13. (verb)be inherited by
  14. (verb)return to a previous position; in mathematics
  15. (verb)give or supply
  16. (verb)submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
  17. (noun)document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
  18. (noun)a coming to or returning home
  19. (noun)the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
  20. (noun)getting something back again
  21. (noun)the act of going back to a prior location
  22. (noun)the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
  23. (noun)happening again (especially at regular intervals)
  24. (noun)a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
  25. (noun)the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
  26. (noun)a reciprocal group action
  27. (noun)a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
  28. (noun)(American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
  29. (noun)the act of someone appearing again