Return

adj. pertaining to a return; reciprocal, done in response to a previous action; repeated, recurring; used to come back, used for returning; sent back, given back; reflected

v. go or come back; give or send back; revert; reply, answer; reciprocate; run or hit back (Sports); yield a profit; officially announce; reflect, send back energy from a surface

n. act of going or coming back; act of giving back; reply, answer; profit, yield; repayment; return key, alternate name for the Enter key (Computers); ball that is hit or run back (Sports)

Return may refer to:Return, an architectural term for the receding edge of a flat faceReturn (finance), the financial term for the profit or loss derived from an investmentReturn (book), a book by Tetsuo ShimizuReturn (film), a film directed by Jerzy PassendorferReturn (album), an album by folk artist David RovicsReturn (band), a Norwegian 80s pop/rock band"Return", a song by OK Go from their 2002 album OK GoTax return, a form submitted to taxation authoritiesCarriage return, a key on an alphanumeric keyboard commonly equated with the "enter" keyReturn statement, a computer programming statement that ends a subroutine and resumes execution where the subroutine was calledA product brought back to a store for a refund
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Noun
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"
(synonym) tax return, income tax return
(hypernym) legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
(hyponym) amended return
2. a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
(synonym) homecoming
(hypernym) arrival
(hyponym) repatriation
(derivation) go back, get back, come back
3. the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
(synonym) coming back
(hypernym) turning, turn
(derivation) revert, retrovert, regress, turn back
4. getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
(synonym) restitution, restoration, regaining
(hypernym) acquisition
(hyponym) clawback
(derivation) render
5. the act of returning to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp"
(hypernym) motion, movement, move
(hyponym) reentry
(derivation) take back, bring back
6. the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
(synonym) issue, proceeds, take, takings, yield, payoff
(hypernym) income
(hyponym) economic rent, rent
(derivation) render, yield, give, generate
7. happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring"
(synonym) recurrence
(hypernym) repeat, repetition
(hyponym) atavism, reversion, throwback
8. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
(synonym) rejoinder, retort, riposte, replication, comeback, counter
(hypernym) reply, response
(hyponym) sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth
(derivation) retort, come back, repay, riposte, rejoin
9. the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
(synonym) return key
(hypernym) key
10. a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got"
(synonym) paying back, getting even
(hypernym) group action
(hyponym) requital
11. a tennis stroke that returns the ball to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"
(hypernym) tennis stroke, tennis shot
(hyponym) forehand, forehand stroke, forehand shot
(part-holonym) tennis, lawn tennis
12. (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
(hypernym) run, running, running play, running game
(classification) American football, American football game
13. the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"
(synonym) reappearance
(hypernym) appearance
(hyponym) comeback
Verb
1. come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity
(synonym) go back, get back, come back
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) resurrect, rise, uprise
(derivation) homecoming
2. give back; "render money"
(synonym) render
(hypernym) give
(hyponym) feed back, resubmit
(derivation) restitution, restoration, regaining
3. go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
(synonym) revert, retrovert, regress, turn back
(hypernym) change by reversal, turn, reverse
(hyponym) relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back
(derivation) coming back
4. go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
(synonym) hark back, come back, recall
(hypernym) denote, refer
(hyponym) recur, go back
5. bring back to the point of departure
(synonym) take back, bring back
(hypernym) bring, convey, take
6. return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love"
(hypernym) reciprocate
(derivation) rejoinder, retort, riposte, replication, comeback, counter
7. make a return; "return a kickback"
(hypernym) transport, carry
(classification) football, football game
8. answer back
(synonym) retort, come back, repay, riposte, rejoin
(hypernym) answer, reply, respond
(derivation) rejoinder, retort, riposte, replication, comeback, counter
9. be restored; "Her old vigor returned"
(synonym) come back
(hypernym) reappear, re-emerge
10. pay back; "Please refund me my money"
(synonym) refund, repay, give back
(hypernym) pay
(hyponym) reimburse
11. pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
(synonym) render, deliver
(hypernym) communicate, pass on, pass, put across
12. elect again
(synonym) reelect
(hypernym) elect
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"
(synonym) fall, pass, devolve
(hypernym) change hands
(hyponym) fall, light
(verb-group) accrue, fall
14. return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure"
(hypernym) go back, get back, come back
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"
(synonym) render, yield, give, generate
(hypernym) produce, make, create
(verb-group) give, bring about, yield
(derivation) issue, proceeds, take, takings, yield, payoff
16. submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"
(hypernym) submit, subject
(hyponym) report out

CR, Carriage Return; character which returns the cursor or the head of a printer to the beginning of the line

(n.)
A day in bank. See Return day, below.
  

(n.)
A payment; a remittance; a requital.
  

(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.
  

(n.)
An answer; as, a return to one's question.
  

(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.
  

(n.)
That which is returned.
  

(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.
  

(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.
  

(n.)
The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document.
  

(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.
  

(n.)
The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc.
  

(n.)
The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court.
  

(n.)
The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners.
  

(n.)
The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.
  

(v. i.)
To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again.
  

(v. i.)
To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
  

(v. i.)
To revert; to pass back into possession.
  

(v. i.)
To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.
  

(v. i.)
To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.
  

(v. t.)
Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers.
  

(v. t.)
To bat (the ball) back over the net.
  

(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.
  

(v. t.)
To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse.
  

(v. t.)
To convey into official custody, or to a general depository.
  

(v. t.)
To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return thanks.
  

(v. t.)
To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
  

(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.
  

(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.
  

(v. t.)
To repay; as, to return borrowed money.
  

(v. t.)
To report, or bring back and make known.
  

(v. t.)
To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie.