Definition as Noun

• the act of going back to a prior location
• a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
• (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
• the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
• a coming to or returning home
• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
• a reciprocal group action
• the act of someone appearing again
• happening again (especially at regular intervals)
• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
• getting something back again
• the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
• document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

Definition as Verb

• go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
• return in kind
• make a return
• return to a previous position; in mathematics
• submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
• be restored
• be inherited by
• go back to something earlier
• elect again
• pay back
• give back
• pass down
• give or supply
• answer back
• go back to a previous state
• bring back to the point of departure

• coming back

• homecoming

• issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff

• paying back, getting even

• reappearance

• recurrence

• rejoinder, retort, riposte, replication, comeback, counter

• restitution, restoration, regaining

• return key

• tax return, income tax return

• come back

• fall, pass, devolve

• hark back, come back, recall

• reelect

• refund, repay, give back

• render

• render, deliver

• render, yield, give, generate

• retort, come back, repay, riposte, rejoin

• revert, retrovert, regress, turn back

• take back, bring back

• "they set out on their return to the base camp"

• "he won the point on a cross-court return"

• "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"

• "the average return was about 5%"

• "in return we gave them as good as we got"

• "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"

• "the return of spring"

• "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"

• "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"

• "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"

• "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"

• "return a compliment"; "return her love"

• "return a kickback"

• "The point returned to the interior of the figure"

• "submit a bill to a legislative body"

• "Her old vigor returned"

• "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"

• "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

• "Please refund me my money"

• "render money"

• "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"

• "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"

• "We reverted to the old rules"

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