Return

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  • intransitive verb. To go or come back, as to an earlier condition or place.
  • intransitive verb. To revert in speech, thought, or practice.
  • intransitive verb. To revert to a former owner.
  • intransitive verb. To answer or respond.
  • intransitive verb. To send, put, or carry back.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To give or send back in reciprocation.
  • intransitive verb. To give back to the owner.
  • intransitive verb. To reflect or send back.
  • intransitive verb. To produce or yield (profit or interest) as a payment for labor, investment, or expenditure.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To submit (an official report, for example) to a judge or other person in authority.
  • intransitive verb. To render or deliver (a writ or verdict, for example) to the proper officer or court of law.
  • intransitive verb. To elect or reelect, as to a legislative body.
  • intransitive verb. To respond to (a partner's lead) by leading the same suit in cards.
  • intransitive verb. To turn away from or place at an angle to the previous line of direction.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To hit or send back (a tennis ball, for example) to one's opponent.
  • intransitive verb. To run with (the ball) after a kickoff, punt, interception, or fumble.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act or condition of going, coming, bringing, or sending back.
  • noun. The act of bringing or sending something back to a previous place, condition, or owner.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Something brought or sent back.
  • noun. Merchandise returned, as to a retailer by a consumer or to a wholesaler by a retailer.
  • noun. Something that goes or comes back.
  • noun. A recurrence, as of a periodic occasion or event.
  • noun. Something exchanged for that received; repayment.
  • noun. A reply; a response.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The profit made on an exchange of goods.
  • noun. A profit or yield, as from labor or investments.
  • noun. Output or yield per unit rather than cost per unit, as in the manufacturing of a particular product.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A report, list, or set of statistics, especially one that is formal or official.
  • noun. A report on the vote in an election.
  • noun. An election.
  • noun. A lead in certain card games that responds to the lead of one's partner.
  • noun. In tennis and certain other sports.
  • noun. The act of hitting or sending the ball back to one's opponent.
  • noun. The ball thus sent back.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of running back the ball after a kickoff, punt, interception, or fumble.
  • noun. The yardage so gained.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The extension of a molding, projection, or other part at an angle (usually 90°) to the main part.
  • noun. A part of a building set at an angle to the façade.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A turn, bend, or similar reversal of direction, as in a stream or road.
  • noun. A pipe or conduit for carrying something, especially water, back to its starting point.
  • Word Usage
    "Indeed, she can make us no adequate return, but to allow me to return -- the only _return_"
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    answer  bring  carry  communicate  convey  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bern  Berne  Fern  Hearn  Herne  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    account  bear  bridge  change  do  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
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