Meaning of return | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To come or go back (to a place or person).
   intransitive
2. In repayment or reciprocation.
3. To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
   intransitive
4. that can be or that must be returned. terugbringbaar قابِل للإعادَه подлежащ на връщане retornável návratný zurückzugeben returnerbar που μπορεί ή πρέπει να επιστραφεί retornable tagastatav بازگرداندنی؛ قابل برگشت palautettava consigné נִיתָן לְהַחֲזָרָה प्रत्यावर्त्य, प्रत्यावर्तनीय koji se može vratiti visszaküldhető bisa dikembalikan sem hægt er að skila restituibile; da restituire 返却できる 반환할 수 있는 grąžinamas atdodams boleh dikembalikan wat teruggegeven kan worden som kan returneres zwrotny,...
5. To recur; to come again.
   intransitive
6. a second match played between the same (teams of) players. We played the first match on our football pitch – the return match will be on theirs. tweede spel مُباراة الثَّأر реванш segunda mão odvetné utkání das Rückspiel returkamp αγώμνας ρεβάνς partido de vuelta/revancha kordusmatš بازی برگشت uusintaottelu match revanche מִשְחָק חוֹזֵר दुबारा खेला हुआ मैच या खेल uzvratna utakmica visszavágó pertandingan balasan seinni leikur tveggja liða partita di ritorno リターンマッチ 설욕전 atsakomosios rungtynės ...
7. To turn back, retreat.
   intransitive, obsolete
8. To turn (something) round.
   obsolete, transitive
9. a round-trip ticket, allowing a person to travel to a place and back again to where he started. retoerkaartjie تَذْكِرَة ذَهاب وإياب двупосочен билет bilhete de ida e volta zpáteční jízdenka die Rückfahrkarte returbillet εισιτήριο με επιστροφή billete de ida y vuelta edasi-tagasipilet بلیط دوسره paluulippu billet d'aller et retour כָּרטִיס הָלוֹך וָשוֹב वापसी टिकट povratna karta menettérti jegy tiket pergi-pulang miði sem gildir fram og tilbaka (biglietto di andata e ritorno) 往復切符 왕복표 bilieta...
10. To place or put back something where it had been.
    transitive
11. by the very next post. Please send me your reply by return (of post). per kerende pos بالبَريد العائِد с обратна поща na volta do correio obratem (pošty) postwendend med næste post; så hurtigt som muligt με το επόμενο ταχυδρομείο a vuelta de correo järgmise postiga با پست بعدی paluupostissa par retour du courrier דוֹאָר חוֹזֵר अगले डाक से povratnica postafordultával dengan pos berikutnya með næsta pósti; um hæl (a giro di posta) 折り返し 받는 즉시 tuoj pat, kitu paštu ar nākošo pastu; nekavējoties me...
12. To give something back to its original holder or owner.
    transitive
13. as an exchange (for something). We'll send them whisky and they'll send us vodka in return: They'll send us vodka in return for whisky. in ruil مُقابِل в замяна на em troca (de) výměnou (za) dafür til gengæld σε ανταπόδοση, σε αντάλλαγμα a cambio de vastu(tasuks) در ازا؛ در عوض vaihdossa en échangeבתמורה u zamjenu za (nešto) viszonzásul sebagai tukaran í staðinn (fyrir) in cambio (di) お返しに ...의 답례로 mainais (už) apmaiņā pret sebagai ganti in ruil voori bytte, til gjengjeld w zamian (za) په ونج...
14. an expression of good wishes said to a person on his birthday. He visited his mother on her birthday to wish her many happy returns. lekker verjaar كُل عام وأنت بِخير: تُقال يوم عيد ميلاد الشَّخْص за много години muitos parabéns štěstí a zdraví do dalších let herzliche Glückwünsche zum Geburtstag tillykke med fødselsdagen χρόνια πολλά! feliz, felicidades palju õnne (sünnipäevaks) در کارت های تبریک صد سال به این سال ها onnea bon anniversaire ברכות sretan rođendan! Isten éltesse(n) sokáig mendo...
15. To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
16. To go or come back, as to an earlier condition or place: She returned to her office after lunch.
17. To reciprocate (a visit or telephone call).
    transitive
18. To revert in speech, thought, or practice: I returned to my knitting after answering the phone.
19. To take back something to a vendor for a complete or partial refund.
    transitive
20. To revert to a former owner.
21. To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
22. To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
23. To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
24. To say in reply; to respond.
    transitive
25. To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
    intransitive
26. To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
    transitive
27. To retort; to throw back.
    dated, transitive
28. To report, or bring back and make known.
    transitive
29. To elect to a certain office.
    Commonwealth, broadly, dated
30. To give a thrust or cut after parrying a sword-thrust.

Equivalents

Examples

“Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.”

“The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.”

“"I came through and I shall return," General MacArthur declared when he spoke at Terowie of the beleagured Philippines.”

“As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.”

“To return to my story[…]”

“Winter returns every year.”

“‘I suppose here is none woll be glad to returne – and as for me,’ seyde Sir Cador, ‘I had lever dye this day that onys to turne my bak.’”

“Whan Kyng Marke harde hym sey that worde, he returned his horse and abode by hym.”

“Please return your hands to your lap.”

“You should return the library book within one month.”

“[…]the Lord ſhall returne thy wickedneſſe vpon thine owne head.”

“Hello, I'm just returning your call. What did you want to talk about?”

“Yeah, it's $600,000 but, if it doesn't work, you can always return it. As long as it's undamaged and in the original packaging, I'll give you a full refund.”

“The player couldn't return the serve because it was so fast.”

“If one players plays a trump, the others must return a trump.”

“to return an answer;  to return thanks;  "Do it yourself!" she returned.”

““No!” returned the spy. “I throw up. I confess that we were so unpopular with the outrageous mob, that I only got away from England at the risk of being ducked to death […]”

““Ah my good friend, I do look out,” the young man returned while Maisie helped herself afresh to bread and butter.”

“This function returns the number of files in the directory.”

“to return the lie”

“And now, if you are a Malicious Reader, I expect you ſhould return upon me, that I affect to be thought more Impartial than I am.”

“to return the result of an election”

“And all the people anſwered together, [...] and Moſes returned the wordes of the people vnto the Lord.”

“he was returned as a Member of Parliament”

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