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returning

returning

2.9
Coming back after being gone
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈtɜrnɪŋ/
translation icon : recurrente
  • The returning symptoms of his illness made him consult the doctor again.

Examples

  • So I think it's an ongoing, you know, sort of returning phenomenon.

  • This week we have one of my favorite guests of all time returning for a second interview.

  • And he is the first returning guest of this show.

  • So it's a returning club, very friendly, family ran club.

  • OK, so power as the returning theme.

  • A lot of kids were really anxious about returning socially.

  • So Charles Loo, a returning champion and still champion.

  • And Hattie is at the front lines of supporting students returning to Oakland schools.

  • So Chris helps adult returning trumpet players.

  • This money goes to Afghans returning from Pakistan to be resettled in Nangarhar.

Synonyms

recurrent
vsreturning
12 4.7

Happening again and again, often at regular times

is about going back to an earlier form rather than simple repetition
reverting
vsreturning
5.8

Going back to an earlier state

is about happening again rather than actively going back to a prior state
recurring
vsreturning
3.3

Happens again and again over time

is more about going back to a prior condition rather than mere cycles
reoccurring
vsreturning
4.1

Happening again and again

focuses on going back to an earlier form rather than random repetition

Antonyms

disappearance
65 3.7

A person or thing not seen where it was before

Compounds

returning officer
  • UK
1 7.3

An official who runs voting in an area and announces the result

How Often

chronic
195 4.7
persistent
82 4.9
frequent
234 1.0
returning
2.9
intermittent
35 6.5
occasional
285 2.8
rare
582 4.1

Surface Forms

returning positive

Morphology

returning = return (transparent) = return + ing

Formed by the verb 'return' with the productive participial/gerundial suffix '-ing', yielding an adjectival sense 'tending to come back', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Returning comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and turn meaning 'to go back'. So if something is returning, it is 'turning back again', which is why it tends to appear again or go back to an earlier state.