Main entry: reappearance, return
Definition: the act of someone appearing again
Usage: his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited
Main entry: return, homecoming
Definition: a coming to or returning home
Usage: on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party
Main entry: regaining, restitution, restoration, return
Definition: getting something back again
Usage: upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing
Main entry: return
Definition: the act of going back to a prior location
Usage: they set out on their return to the base camp
Main entry: return
Definition: (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
Main entry: return
Definition: a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
Usage: he won the point on a cross-court return
Main entry: getting even, return, paying back
Definition: a reciprocal group action
Usage: in return we gave them as good as we got
Main entry: return, return key
Definition: the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
Main entry: return, income tax return, tax return
Definition: document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
Usage: his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return
Main entry: rejoinder, replication, retort, return, riposte, counter, comeback
Definition: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
Usage: it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
Main entry: recurrence, return
Definition: happening again (especially at regular intervals)
Usage: the return of spring
Main entry: return, coming back
Definition: the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
Main entry: proceeds, return, yield, payoff, take, takings, issue
Definition: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
Usage: the average return was about 5%
Main entry: retrovert, return, revert, regress, turn back
Definition: go back to a previous state
Usage: We reverted to the old rules
Definition: be restored
Usage: Her old vigor returned
Main entry: retort, return, riposte, rejoin, repay, come back
Definition: answer back
Main entry: return
Definition: submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
Usage: submit a bill to a legislative body
Main entry: hark back, return, recall, come back
Definition: go back to something earlier
Usage: This harks back to a previous remark of his
Main entry: deliver, render, return
Definition: pass down
Usage: render a verdict; deliver a judgment
Main entry: return
Definition: make a return
Usage: return a kickback
Main entry: give, return, render, generate, yield
Definition: give or supply
Usage: The cow brings in 5 liters of milk; This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn; The estate renders some revenue for the family
Main entry: return
Definition: go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
Usage: return to your native land; the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean
Main entry: return
Definition: return to a previous position; in mathematics
Usage: The point returned to the interior of the figure
Main entry: take back, return, bring back
Definition: bring back to the point of departure
Main entry: devolve, return, fall, pass
Definition: be inherited by
Usage: The estate fell to my sister; The land returned to the family; The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead
Main entry: return, refund, repay, give back
Definition: pay back
Usage: Please refund me my money
Definition: give back
Usage: render money
Main entry: return
Definition: return in kind
Usage: return a compliment; return her love
Definition: elect again