to return
∞
1.0
- verb
- /rɪˈtɜrn/
:
devolver
- 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
I 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
748
2.5
Get back to a normal state after a loss, for example health or money
684
1.0
Return something to the person who owns it after you use or borrow it
676
2.1
Return someone or something to the place they came from
449
1.0
Return something to the place where it was before
436
1.7
Return someone or something to the place they came from
313
3.4
Return someone to their family or a thing to its owner
275
3.3
To get something back after losing it
226
3.7
To go and get something and bring it back, for example a dog bringing a ball
123
1.5
To return something to the person or place it came from
110
5.8
To return a person or thing to a previous position like a job
77
4.1
To get back something you lost or gave away
75
1.7
To pay back money you borrowed
67
4.2
To go back to a previous state or way of doing things
31
4.6
To take back control of a place after it was lost
27
1.5
To pay back money to someone who is unhappy or paid too much
23
3.3
Ask someone to return after they have left
13
7.4
To send someone back to their own country
6
3.9
To put something back where it was
5
5.5
To get something back after you lose or give it up
1
3.4
Give something back to the person who had it
1
6.5
Change something back to its earlier form or use
1
7.2
To send something back to a previous place or authority for further review
1
8.8
Give back something lost or stolen to its owner
Give back ownership of a property to the previous owner after a loan is paid
Bring goods back into a country after they were sent abroad
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Formal
3
3.5
Officially send a completed form showing your income and taxes you owe
Compounds
76
3.2
An official paper you send to the tax office that shows your income to work out tax
21
1.8
The sender's details on an envelope that show where to send it back if not delivered
- Specialized
15
3.5
How much money you gain from putting money into something, shown as a percent
- Formal
3
5.6
A tax return that a married couple files together to report their combined income and deductions
- Specialized
1
6.4
A tax form sent to correct information filed earlier with the tax office
- Specialized
A form to pay tax you expect to owe when not enough tax is taken from your pay
- Formal
A document sent to the tax office that reports financial transactions without calculating tax owed
- Specialized
A percent showing how well a company makes profit from the money put into it
How Controlled
- Formal
156
4.6
- Formal
12
7.5
313
3.4
∞
1.0
- Formal
- Formal
69
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.