Definitions For Return

noun

• The act of someone appearing again
• A coming to or returning home
• Getting something back again
• The act of going back to a prior location
• (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
• A tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
• A reciprocal group action
• The key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
• Document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
• A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
• Happening again (especially at regular intervals)
• The occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
• The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
• The act of coming or going back to the place you started from or to a place where you were before
• The act of going back to an activity, job, situation, etc. : the act of starting to do something again after stopping
• The fact that something (such as a condition, feeling, or situation) happens again

verb

• Go back to a previous state
• Be restored
• Answer back
• Submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
• Go back to something earlier
• Pass down
• Make a return
• Give or supply
• Go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
• Return to a previous position; in mathematics
• Bring back to the point of departure
• Be inherited by
• Pay back
• Give back
• Return in kind
• Elect again
• To come or go to a place again : to come back or go back again
• To bring, give, send, or take (something) to the place that it came from or the place where it should go
• To bring or send (something that you bought) to the place that it came from because it does not work or fit properly, because it is damaged, etc.