to return
∞
1.0
- verb
- /rɪˈtɜrn/
- After a long vacation, I was eager to return to my hometown and see my family again.
- return home
- return to work
- return to normal
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- And then slowly you return into what you're capable of.
- And that's another text that I returned to often.
- What if Satoshi returns and sells all of their coins?
- We gather at last, returning home to mark this moment.
- The REM sleep started to return with a greater amount.
- He says the movement has returned into self consciousness.
- And then after the tour, we will not be returning to the Internet.
- And now let us return with your boy Total Biscuit.
Examples
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Follow-up data indicated that many teachers' performance returned to baseline levels when the intervention was withdrawn.
Academic text (2013) -
My orders are to return from here immediately, and I can't disobey those orders.
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This is the world I want to return to where you take risk.
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And now I must return to my work.
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You are his only brother, he will return to this cottage.
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Walking through my old neighborhood felt like returning home and finding the furniture moved around.
Academic text (2008) -
You're free to return to the field of battle, George.
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In this library-focused lesson, we returned to the Speak and Add model of coteaching.
Academic text (2015) -
Rogers handed his boss the note and then returned to his cabin to await payment.
Academic text (2008) -
Unable to return home, trapped on a planet whose societal mores are foreign to us.
Synonyms
∞
1.3
To return to how it was before
∞
1.0
Return to a previous place, topic, or state
865
2.5
Get back to a normal state after a loss, for example health or money
420
2.1
To return to a place or situation after a short time away
388
1.7
To step away to an earlier place
272
3.1
To start an activity again after a pause
251
2.1
To go back to a previous place or state
75
4.2
To go back to a previous state or way of doing things
43
3.6
To go to a place again after some time
39
4.3
To go back along the same route you have just taken
32
3.7
To turn around and go back the way you came
19
3.2
To go back into a place or situation after leaving it
8
4.1
To appear again after being away or hidden
1
6.2
Go back to the same idea in thought or conversation
1
7.1
To walk back slowly and without hurry, often seeming tired or not in a rush
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Formal
5
3.5
Officially send a completed form showing your income and taxes you owe
Compounds
113
3.2
An official paper you send to the tax office that shows your income to work out tax
- Specialized
35
3.5
How much money you gain from putting money into something, shown as a percent
22
1.8
The sender's details on an envelope that show where to send it back if not delivered
- Formal
3
5.6
A tax return that a married couple files together to report their combined income and deductions
- Specialized
2
6.4
A tax form sent to correct information filed earlier with the tax office
- Formal
1
6.8
A document sent to the tax office that reports financial transactions without calculating tax owed
- Specialized
1
5.3
A percent showing how well a company makes profit from the money put into it
- Specialized
1
7.0
A form to pay tax you expect to owe when not enough tax is taken from your pay
- Specialized
1
7.2
A change that grows or falls faster over time by a fixed percent
How Sudden
- Literature
2
9.9
61
2.7
35
4.2
∞
1.0
∞
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Return comes from the simple idea of 'turning back', so to return to a place or state is to 'turn back' into it again.