🏠 To come back 🏠 Coming back 🔄 To give back 🔄 Getting back 🤝 To reply or respond 🤝 A response 💰 A profit 🧾 Tax document 🎾 A hit back 📄 To submit officially 💰 To give profit ⌨️ Keyboard key

return

5 3.3

A key you press to move to a new line

noun
/rɪˈtɜrn/

: tecla Enter

Press return.

So if we run this piece of code again with pressing command and return on the line, we're going to have the exponential of Y.

Examples

I have just found out that the Return key does not work to start a new paragraph.

Blog text (32)
Computer, return lighting to previous level.

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
The only difference is this little return here, right?
Sam, it would be really nice to get that carriage return issue sorted out.

Blog text (32)
Madison keeps pressing the return button over and over, making sure it worked.

Fiction book (1996)
The sergeant hit the return button on the Selectric III.

Fiction book (1997)
Press Return.

Pi (1998)
A stamped, pre-addressed return envelope was provided.

Academic text (2004)
Jim pressed return and found his spacecraft traveling in the higher orbit he needed for docking.

Fiction book (2000)
When she pressed return on her keyboard, the cursor moved to the next line.

Synonyms

carriage return

vsreturn

Specialized

1 7.0

A key or action that moves the cursor to the start of a new line

is the physical button that triggers this code rather than the code itself

return key

vsreturn

1 2.1

A key on a keyboard that moves the cursor to a new line or starts a new command

is the same function but often the shorter name for it

Idioms

in return

323 2.4

To do something for someone because they did something for you

to return to form

5 4.6

Get back to a previous good level of ability after a time of decline

to return to dust

Literature

1 8.3

To slowly fall apart and disappear over time

by return of post

Archaic

1 8.4

Send something as soon as possible by the next post

to return to muttons

1 9.9

To go back to the main topic or task after a distraction

Compounds

tax return

113 3.2

An official paper you send to the tax office that shows your income to work out tax

return on investment

Specialized

35 3.5

How much money you gain from putting money into something, shown as a percent

return address

22 1.8

The sender's details on an envelope that show where to send it back if not delivered

point of no return

22 5.5

A moment in a process after which you cannot go back

rate of return

Specialized

13 4.8

Profit or loss on an investment shown as a percent of its cost

income tax return

Formal

10 3.6

A form you send to the tax office showing your income and expenses

return ticket

5 1.0

A ticket that lets you go to a place and return on the same route

happy return

Archaic

4 5.1

A wish that someone will enjoy many happy birthdays

joint return

Formal

3 5.6

A tax return that a married couple files together to report their combined income and deductions

amended return

Specialized

2 6.4

A tax form sent to correct information filed earlier with the tax office

false return

Jargon

1 9.1

A tax report that gives untrue information to avoid paying tax

information return

Formal

1 6.8

A document sent to the tax office that reports financial transactions without calculating tax owed

carriage return

Specialized

1 7.0

A key or action that moves the cursor to the start of a new line

return key

1 2.1

A key on a keyboard that moves the cursor to a new line or starts a new command

return on invested capital

Specialized

1 5.3

A percent showing how well a company makes profit from the money put into it

day return

1 2.3

A ticket to travel to a place and back on the same day

estimated tax return

Specialized

1 7.0

A form to pay tax you expect to owe when not enough tax is taken from your pay

false return

Specialized

1 7.3

A function result of false that shows the action failed

exponential return

Specialized

1 7.2

A change that grows or falls faster over time by a fixed percent

return of post

Archaic

1 8.5

A reply by mail sent on the next delivery

Surface Forms

return singular

returns plural

Morphology

return = return (semi-transparent) = re + turn

The noun is named from the action of the verb 'return', but the specific keyboard-key sense is specialized and not fully predictable for all learners.

Etymology

Return as a key comes from the old typewriter phrase 'carriage return', where the machine would 'move back' to the start of a line, so pressing the return key starts a new line or action.