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'return' - used as a noun
1. document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return
2. a coming to or returning home
on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party
3. the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
4. getting something back again
5. the act of going back to a prior location
they set out on their return to the base camp
6. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
the average return was about 5%
7. happening again (especially at regular intervals)
the return of spring
8. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
9. the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
10. a reciprocal group action
in return we gave them as good as we got
11. a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
he won the point on a cross-court return
12. (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
13. the act of someone appearing again

'return' - used as a verb
14. come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity
15. give back
16. go back to a previous state
17. go back to something earlier
18. bring back to the point of departure
19. return in kind
return a compliment
return her love
20. make a return
return a kickback
21. answer back
22. be restored
Her old vigor returned
23. pay back
24. pass down
25. elect again
26. be inherited by
The land returned to the family
27. return to a previous position; in mathematics
The point returned to the interior of the figure
28. give or supply
29. submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority

derived forms
1. Return / Plural
returns
2. Return / Past
returned
3. Return / Third Person
returns
4. Return / Present Participle
returning
Variations of 'return'
 
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The most overdue book in the world was borrowed from Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge, England and was returned 288 years later.