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Returning

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Definitions for Returning

adjective
tending to return to an earlier state
Synonyms
reverting
adjective
tending to be turned back
Synonyms
returning(a) reversive
verb
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
Synonyms
return
Examples
  1. return to your native land
  2. the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean
verb
give back
Synonyms
render return
Examples
  1. render money
verb
go back to a previous state
Synonyms
revert return retrovert regress turn back
Examples
  1. We reverted to the old rules
verb
go back to something earlier
Synonyms
hark back return come back recall
Examples
  1. This harks back to a previous remark of his
verb
bring back to the point of departure
Synonyms
return take back bring back
verb
return in kind
Synonyms
return
Examples
  1. return a compliment
  2. return her love
verb
make a return
Synonyms
return
Examples
  1. return a kickback
verb
answer back
Synonyms
retort come back repay return riposte rejoin
verb
be restored
Synonyms
come back return
Examples
  1. Her old vigor returned
verb
pay back
Synonyms
refund return repay give back
Examples
  1. Please refund me my money
verb
pass down
Synonyms
render deliver return
Examples
  1. render a verdict
  2. deliver a judgment
verb
elect again
Synonyms
reelect return
verb
be inherited by
Synonyms
fall return pass devolve
Examples
  1. The estate fell to my sister
  2. The land returned to the family
  3. The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead
verb
return to a previous position
Synonyms
return
Examples
  1. in mathematics
  2. The point returned to the interior of the figure
verb
give or supply
Synonyms
render yield return give generate
Examples
  1. The cow brings in 5 liters of milk
  2. This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn
  3. The estate renders some revenue for the family
verb
submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
Synonyms
return
Examples
  1. submit a bill to a legislative body

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