return
Definition of return:
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part of speech: noun
The act of going back: revolution: periodic renewal: the act of bringing or sending back: restitution: repayment: the profit on capital or labor: a reply: a report or account, esp. official:- pl. a light tobacco: the news of election contests: the result as determined, legally and officially, with reference to elections: news and results in general.
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part of speech: verb
To come back to the same place or state: to answer: to retort.
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part of speech: verb
To come or go back to the same place; to go back to the same state; to revert; to retort; to come again; to bring or send back; to give back; to reply or make answer; to restore; to render.
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part of speech: noun
The act of coming or going back to the same place; the act of coming back to a former state or condition; repayment; profit; requital; an official report.
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part of speech: verb
To bring or send back: to transmit: to give back: to repay: to give back in reply: to report: to give an account.
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Common misspellings:
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- returne (6.3%)
- retuern (0.5%)
- reture (1.4%)
- retune (0.5%)
- lreturn (0.3%)
- reuturn (0.4%)
- rturn (1.5%)
- returnd (0.3%)
- rerturn (1.0%)
- retarn (0.3%)
- returrn (0.4%)
- returm (2.4%)
- returtn (0.3%)
- returing (2.3%)
- returnt (1.4%)
- retuen (3.7%)
- retrun (15.4%)
- rentur (0.3%)
- retern (5.1%)
- reaturn (0.5%)
- retunr (9.7%)
- retrurn (1.2%)
- retur (2.4%)
- retutrn (0.3%)
- retourn (0.4%)
- reeturn (0.3%)
- retunred (0.1%)
- retruns (0.3%)
- returmn (0.4%)
- erturn (0.5%)
- retuirn (0.4%)
- renturn (0.3%)
- rteturn (0.3%)
- eturn (0.3%)
- retum (0.3%)
- retutn (0.3%)
- retirn (0.3%)
- retun (21.3%)
- returen (4.9%)
- reutn (0.3%)
- retrybn (0.3%)
- reurn (4.7%)
- reutrn (5.4%)
- retorn (0.5%)
- returnn (0.3%)
- retujn (0.3%)
- retaren (0.3%)
- eun (0.1%)
- retund (0.1%)
- retearn (0.1%)
Usage examples for return:
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I think you'll return Frank Tregear.
"The Duke's Children" – Anthony Trollope -
But to return to the others.
"The Gun-Brand" – James B. Hendryx -
I only know that I must go before the duke's return
"The Lost Lady of Lone" – E.D.E.N. Southworth -
He did not return for three hours.
"The Virginians" – William Makepeace Thackeray
