Return Meaning
There are 29 meaning(s) for word Return
Meaning 1 : the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
Example : the average return was about 5%
Synonyms : issue, payoff, proceeds, take, takings, yield
Example : the average return was about 5%
Synonyms : issue, payoff, proceeds, take, takings, yield
Meaning 2 : the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
Synonyms : return key
Synonyms : return key
Meaning 3 : document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
Example : his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return
Synonyms : income tax return, tax return
Example : his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return
Synonyms : income tax return, tax return
Meaning 6 : a coming to or returning home
Example : on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party
Synonyms : homecoming
Example : on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party
Synonyms : homecoming
Meaning 7 : happening again (especially at regular intervals)
Example : the return of spring
Synonyms : recurrence
Example : the return of spring
Synonyms : recurrence
Meaning 8 : be restored
Example : Her old vigor returned
Synonyms : come back
Example : Her old vigor returned
Synonyms : come back
Meaning 14 : bring back to the point of departure
Synonyms : bring back, take back
Synonyms : bring back, take back
Meaning 18 : a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
Synonyms : comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, riposte
Synonyms : comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, riposte
Meaning 19 : be inherited by
Example : The land returned to the family
Synonyms : devolve, fall, pass
Example : The land returned to the family
Synonyms : devolve, fall, pass
Meaning 20 : the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
Synonyms : coming back
Synonyms : coming back
Meaning 21 : a reciprocal group action
Example : in return we gave them as good as we got
Synonyms : getting even, paying back
Example : in return we gave them as good as we got
Synonyms : getting even, paying back
Meaning 22 : (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
Meaning 23 : a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
Example : he won the point on a cross-court return
Example : he won the point on a cross-court return
Meaning 24 : go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
Example : return to your native land,the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean
Example : return to your native land,the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean
Meaning 25 : make a return
Example : return a kickback
Example : return a kickback
Meaning 26 : return in kind
Example : return a compliment,return her love
Example : return a compliment,return her love
Meaning 27 : return to a previous position; in mathematics
Example : The point returned to the interior of the figure
Example : The point returned to the interior of the figure
Meaning 28 : submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
Meaning 29 : the act of going back to a prior location
Example : they set out on their return to the base camp
Example : they set out on their return to the base camp