returning Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
   return.
   
   • return to your native land
   • the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean
2. verb give back
   return; render.
   
   • render money
3. verb go back to a previous state
   retrovert; return; turn back; revert; regress.
   
   • We reverted to the old rules
4. verb go back to something earlier
   recall; come back; return; hark back.
   
   • This harks back to a previous remark of his
5. verb bring back to the point of departure
   bring back; take back; return.
   
6. verb return in kind
   return.
   
   • return a compliment
   • return her love
7. verb make a return
   return.
   
   • return a kickback
8. verb answer back
   return; rejoin; retort; repay; riposte; come back.
   
9. verb be restored
   return; come back.
   
   • Her old vigor returned
10. verb pay back
    refund; repay; return; give back.
    
    • Please refund me my money
11. verb pass down
    return; deliver; render.
    
    • render a verdict
    • deliver a judgment
12. verb elect again
    return; reelect.
    
13. verb be inherited by
    devolve; pass; return; fall.
    
    • 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
14. verb return to a previous position; in mathematics
    return.
    
    • The point returned to the interior of the figure
15. verb give or supply
    generate; return; yield; render; give.
    
    • 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
16. verb submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
    return.
    
    • submit a bill to a legislative body
17. adjective satellite tending to return to an earlier state
    reverting.
    
18. adjective satellite tending to be turned back
    reversive.
    

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