return

Meanings

• 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"
• a coming to or returning home
  • "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
• the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
• getting something back again
• the act of going back to a prior location
  • "they set out on their return to the base camp"
• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
  • "the average return was about 5%"
• happening again (especially at regular intervals)
  • "the return of spring"
• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
• the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
• a reciprocal group action
  • "in return we gave them as good as we got"
• a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
  • "he won the point on a cross-court return"
• (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
• the act of someone appearing again
• go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
  • "return to your native land"
  • "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
• give back
• go back to a previous state
• go back to something earlier
• bring back to the point of departure
• return in kind
  • "return a compliment"
  • "return her love"
• make a return
  • "return a kickback"
• answer back
• be restored
  • "Her old vigor returned"
• pay back
• pass down
• elect again
• be inherited by
  • "The land returned to the family"
• return to a previous position; in mathematics
  • "The point returned to the interior of the figure"
• give or supply
• submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority

Synonyms

bring back, come back, comeback, coming back, counter, deliver, devolve, fall, generate, getting even, give, give back, hark back, homecoming, income tax return, issue, pass, paying back, payoff, proceeds, reappearance, recall, recurrence, reelect, refund, regaining, regress, rejoin, rejoinder, render, repay, replication, restitution, restoration, retort, retrovert, return key, revert, riposte, take, take back, takings, tax return, turn back, yield