to return
32
5.6
- verb
- /rɪˈtɜrn/
- Formal
:
devolver (documento)
- 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
583
2.6
To give a speech, idea, or message to a group of people
325
3.7
To give a form or application for someone to consider
53
3.9
To give something to another person or authority, often formally
15
6.0
Give an official decision in court
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 Official
- Formal
∞
3.7
- Formal
32
5.6
- Formal
950
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.