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return
1 verb
1 GO BACK (I) to go back to a place where you were before, or come back from a place where you have just been
(+ to): Conor did not return to Ireland until 1937. (+ from): When Alice returned from university, she was a changed person. | return home: We got lost, returning home well after midnight. | never to return formal: airmen flew from these airfields, never to return.
2 GIVE BACK (T) to give something back to its owner, or put something back in its place: We lent them our lawnmower and they never returned it! | return sth to sb/sth: I have to return some books to the library.
3 FEELING/PROBLEM (I) if a feeling, problem, quality etc returns, it starts to exist again or to have an effect again: If the pain returns, take two of the tablets every four hours.
(+ to): Stability will only return to the region when the civil war ends.
4 START AGAIN (I) to go back to an activity, job etc that you were doing before you stopped or were interrupted; resume 1 (1)
(+ to): Nicholas looked up, grinned, then returned to his newspaper. | return to work: Most mothers return to full-time work within twelve months.
5 DISCUSS AGAIN (I) to start discussing or dealing with a subject that you have already mentioned, especially in a piece of writing
(+ to): I shall return to the subject of inflation in chapter five. | Returning to sanctions, do you think they will really be effective?
6 REACT (T) to do something or give something to someone because they have given the same thing to you: I smiled at her but she refused to return my smile. | You never returned my call! | return fire (=shoot back at someone shooting at you): The enemy returned our fire.
7 BALL (T) to send the ball back to your opponent in a game such as tennis
8 ELECT (transitive usually passive) BrE to elect someone to a political position, especially to represent you in parliament: Durrant was returned with an increased majority.
9 return a verdict if a jury return their verdict, they say whether someone is guilty or not
10 PROFIT (T) if an investment returns a particular amount of money, that is how much profit it produces: Government bonds return around 10%.
11 TAX (T) formal to give a particular amount as the answer to an official question concerning tax
2 noun
1 GOING BACK (singular, uncountable) the act of returning from somewhere, or your arrival back in the place where you started from: We're all looking forward to your return! | on/upon your return (=when you return): On his return from Germany he was promoted to Colonel.
2 OF A FEELING/PROBLEM (U) the fact of something such as a problem, feeling, or activity starting to happen or exist again
(+ of): the return of nationalism to Eastern Europe
3 GIVING BACK (U) the act of giving, putting, or sending something back: The family are demanding the return of the dowry. | a return of prisoners
4 TO AN ACTIVITY (singular) returning to an activity, job, or way of life
(+ to): the idea of a return to a simpler, more natural way of life | a return to work (=after stopping work as a protest): an end to the strike and an immediate return to work
5 PROFIT (U) also returns (plural) the amount of profit that you get from something: The company returns over the last three years have been spectacular. | return on investment/capital/sales: -10,000! That's not a bad return on our investment, is it?
6 in return (for) in exchange for, or as payment for something: I'd like to buy you a meal in return for all your hospitality. | She gave us food and clothing and asked for nothing in return.
7 STATEMENT (C) a statement giving information in reply to an official question: tax return: Have you sent in your tax return yet?
8 by return (of post) BrE if you reply to a letter by return, you send your reply almost immediately
9 TICKET (C) BrE a ticket for a trip from one place to another and back again; round trip AmE
—compare single 2 (4), —see also: day return
10 many happy returns BrE used to greet someone on their birthday
11 COMPUTER (U) the control that you press on a computer or typewriter after you have finished the line you are writing: Key in your file name and press return.
—see also: the point of no return point 1 (7) 3 adjective return ticket/fare a ticket for, or the price charged for, a trip from one place to another and back again; round­trip AmE —compare single 1 (6)

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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