to return
23
5.6
- verb
- /rɪˈtɜrn/
- Formal
- If you'd fill that form in for me, and return it as soon as possible.
- sign and return
- complete and return
- jury returned a verdict
Examples
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Two weeks later, reminder postcards were sent to subjects who had not returned the survey.
Academic text (1997) -
Ultimately, 21 shelters returned surveys for a final response rate of 64 percent.
Academic text (2008) -
And I will return for judgment.
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The jury returns a verdict of life imprisonment.
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Mr. Tomasis will return title to the government of all ships purchased from us.
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The trial court admitted this nonsense, and the jury returned a million-dollar verdict.
Academic text (2000) -
Students were instructed to record and paraphrase respondents' answers and to return the survey within one week.
Academic text (1993) -
Improperly submitted manuscripts will be returned to the corresponding author.
Academic text (2012) -
The questionnaires which (97.5%) of surveyed superintendents returned were mailed in the spring of 1999.
Academic text (2000) -
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have returned the following verdict: guilty as charged.
Synonyms
652
2.6
To give a speech, idea, or message to a group of people
473
3.7
To give a form or application for someone to consider
67
3.9
To give something to another person or authority, often formally
3
6.0
Give an official decision in court
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 Official
- Formal
∞
3.7
- Formal
23
5.6
- Formal
937
3.7
∞
1.5
∞
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Return in law and official use comes from the idea of 'bringing back' an answer, so to return a decision or verdict is to give or send back the formal result.