Return
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Return
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1 v. i.
To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.
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2 v. i.
To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again.
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3 v. i.
To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.
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4 v. i.
To revert; to pass back into possession.
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5 v. i.
To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
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6 v. t.
To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse.
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7 v. t.
To repay; as, to return borrowed money.
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8 v. t.
To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
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9 v. t.
To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return thanks.
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10 v. t.
To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie.
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11 v. t.
To report, or bring back and make known.
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12 v. t.
To render, as an account, usually an official account, to a superior; to report officially by a list or statement; as, to return a list of stores, of killed or wounded; to return the result of an election.
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13 v. t.
Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers.
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14 v. t.
To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with a certificate of what has been done; as, to return a writ.
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15 v. t.
To convey into official custody, or to a general depository.
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16 v. t.
To bat (the ball) back over the net.
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17 v. t.
To lead in response to the lead of one's partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club.
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18 n.
The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary.
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19 n.
The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital; retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a book or money; a good return in tennis.
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20 n.
That which is returned.
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21 n.
A payment; a remittance; a requital.
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22 n.
An answer; as, a return to one's question.
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23 n.
An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
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24 n.
The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc.
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25 n.
The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south.
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26 n.
The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court.
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27 n.
The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document.
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28 n.
The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners.
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29 n.
A day in bank. See Return day, below.
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30 n.
An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, etc.
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31 n.
The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.
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32 v. i.
To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.
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33 v. i.
To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again.
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34 v. i.
To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.
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35 v. i.
To revert; to pass back into possession.
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36 v. i.
To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
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37 v. t.
To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse.
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38 v. t.
To repay; as, to return borrowed money.
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39 v. t.
To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
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40 v. t.
To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return thanks.
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41 v. t.
To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie.
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42 v. t.
To report, or bring back and make known.
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43 v. t.
To render, as an account, usually an official account, to a superior; to report officially by a list or statement; as, to return a list of stores, of killed or wounded; to return the result of an election.
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44 v. t.
Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers.
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45 v. t.
To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with a certificate of what has been done; as, to return a writ.
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46 v. t.
To convey into official custody, or to a general depository.
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47 v. t.
To bat (the ball) back over the net.
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48 v. t.
To lead in response to the lead of one's partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club.
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49 n.
The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary.
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50 n.
The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital; retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a book or money; a good return in tennis.
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51 n.
That which is returned.
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52 n.
A payment; a remittance; a requital.
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53 n.
An answer; as, a return to one's question.
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54 n.
An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
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55 n.
The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc.
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56 n.
The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south.
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57 n.
The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court.
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58 n.
The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document.
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59 n.
The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners.
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60 n.
A day in bank. See Return day, below.