to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
to revert to a former owner: The money I gave him returns to me in the event of his death.
to revert or recur, as in thought, discourse, etc.: He returned to his story.
to make a reply or retort: She returned with a witty sally.
v. 有主动词 verb
to put, bring, take, give, or send back to the original place, position, etc.: to return a book to a shelf; to return a child to her mother; to return the switch to off position.
to send or give back in reciprocation, recompense, or requital: to return evil for good.
to reciprocate, repay, or react to with something similar: to return the enemy's fire; to return a favor.
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Law. to give to a judge or official.to render.
to reflect.
to yield, as in return for labor, expenditure, or investment.
to report or announce officially: to return a list of members.
to elect, as to a legislative body: The voters returned him to office by a landslide.
Military. to put back into its holder.
Cards. to respond to by a similar lead: She returned diamonds.
to turn back or in the reverse direction, as a served ball in tennis.
Chiefly Architecture. to cause to turn or proceed in a different direction from the previous line of direction; reverse: to return a cornice at each end of a façade.
n. 名词 noun
the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back: the return of the Jews from the Diaspora;We should appreciate your return of the book immediately.
a recurrence: the return of the moon each month.
reciprocation, repayment, or requital: profits in return for outlay.
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response or reply.
a person or thing that is returned: returns of mill goods.
the gain realized on an exchange of goods.
Often returns . a yield or profit, as from labor, land, business, or investment: He received a quick return on his money.
Also called tax return . a statement, on an officially prescribed form, of income, deductions, exemptions, etc., and taxes due.
Usually returns . an official or unofficial report on a count of votes, candidates elected, etc.: election returns.
Architecture. the continuation of a molding, projection, etc., in a different direction.a side or part that falls away from the front of any straight or flat member or area.
a tablelike extension attached at a right angle to a desk at typing height, for holding a typewriter, computer, etc.
a key or lever on a typewriter or other business machine that returns the carriage to the extreme right, or the typing element to the extreme left, for the beginning of a new line.
Sports. the act of returning a ball.the ball that is returned.
Football. a runback of a kick, intercepted pass, or fumble recovery.
Economics. yield per unit as compared to the cost per unit involved in a specific industrial process.
Law. the bringing or sending back of various documents, such as a writ, summons, or subpoena, with a brief written report usually endorsed upon it, by a sheriff, to the court from which it issued.a certified document by a great variety of officers, as assessors, collectors, and election officers.the report or certificate endorsed in such documents.
Cards. a lead that responds to a partner's lead.
Theater. a flat or drapery parallel to the tormentor for masking the offstage area and often completing the downstage part of a set.
returns, merchandise shipped back to a supplier from a retailer or distributor as unsold or unsalable.merchandise returned to a retailer by a consumer.
adj. 形容词 adjective
of or relating to a return or returning: a return trip.
sent, given, or done in return: a return shot.
done or occurring again: a return engagement of the opera.
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noting a person or thing that is returned or returning to a place: return cargo.
changing in direction; doubling or returning on itself: a return twist in a road.
used for returning, recirculating, etc.: the return road; a return pipe.
played in order to provide the loser of an earlier game with the opportunity to win from the same opponent: return match.
adequate, necessary, or provided to enable the return of a mailed package or letter to its sender: return postage guaranteed; return address; return envelope.
Despite the political controversy, research shows that mask mandates have great returns for public health.
Any returns from companies in the fund will be repurposed into the investment vehicle.
An email seeking clarity from Wolf’s office was not immediately returned Friday.
As Maryland attempted to return to practice this week, “we had all types of contingency plans,” Locksley said.
Dalton said Thursday that he got medical clearance after his case of covid-19 to return last week to the Cowboys’ facility, at which point he cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol.
A spokesman for Lewisham council said last year that it would be forced to act if the family returned to Britain.
A single father, he had been living abroad and returned when his mother was diagnosed with cancer.
He contracted pneumonia, but he recovered and returned to demonstrating.
Recall how Clinton returned to Arkansas from the campaign trail to preside over the execution of a mentally disabled man.
If they returned to their church, they would be spared a second attack.
In nine days he returned, bringing us the thanks of congress, and fresh orders.
Some of the alarm returned, however, when the creature attempted to climb up by his own ladder.
Many of their cannon balls that fell far short of us, were collected and returned to them with powerful effect.
There he gave orders for the car to be put into running condition for the following morning, and returned to the hotel.
He returned shortly, to meet his mother standing in the doorway, with pale, affrighted face.