to return
877
1.0
- verb
- /rɪˈtɜrn/
- Several students repeatedly fail to return the parental information form required to complete the application process.
- sign and return
- return the book
- complete and return
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Watch on YouTubeI am still fuming because Stevie won't return my Evanescence CD.
- I am still fuming because Stevie won't return my Evanescence CD.
- And if not, he simply returned it all.
- No, she thought, and promptly return the item to the shelf.
- And I, I had to return all the cars, which I did.
- As your reward, I will return your life back to the way it was.
- I can't take money and then not return it and feel OK.
Examples
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Well, should we return the stolen ATV?
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Afterwards, please return to your own place in the chamber.
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Now I need to go return stuff.
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Some of them actually wanted to return them or sell them.
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I would appreciate it if you would return my team's property.
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I'm going to head out right now to go return my bag.
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We will return it to its virgin state.
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As numerous older residents told us, once the churches returned, the community felt like home again.
Academic text (2011) -
Whoever stole my CBD gummies, please return them.
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After finding the lost item, she was eager to return it to its owner.
Synonyms
∞
1.6
Have again something you had before it was lost or taken
∞
1.7
Return someone or something to the place they came from
886
1.0
Return something to the place where it was before
865
2.5
Get back to a normal state after a loss, for example health or money
781
1.0
Return something to the person who owns it after you use or borrow it
599
2.1
Return someone or something to the place they came from
536
1.5
To return something to the person or place it came from
254
3.7
To go and get something and bring it back, for example a dog bringing a ball
252
3.3
To get something back after losing it
138
1.7
To pay back money you borrowed
130
4.1
To get back something you lost or gave away
87
5.8
To return a person or thing to a previous position like a job
75
4.2
To go back to a previous state or way of doing things
60
3.3
Ask someone to return after they have left
43
4.6
To take back control of a place after it was lost
30
1.5
To pay back money to someone who is unhappy or paid too much
13
7.4
To send someone back to their own country
9
3.4
Give something back to the person who had it
6
5.5
To get something back after you lose or give it up
6
3.4
Return someone to their family or a thing to its owner
5
3.9
To put something back where it was
1
7.2
To send something back to a previous place or authority for further review
1
6.5
Change something back to its earlier form or use
1
8.8
Give back something lost or stolen to its owner
1
5.6
Bring goods back into a country after they were sent abroad
1
7.6
Give back ownership of a property to the previous owner after a loan is paid
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 Controlled
- Formal
23
4.6
- Formal
12
7.5
6
3.4
877
1.0
- Formal
- Formal
5
2.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Return comes from old words meaning 'turn back' (the parts re- 'again' and a turn-like root). So, to return something is like 'turning it back' to its owner.