Noun

• S: (n) tax return (tax_return%1:10:00::), income tax return (income_tax_return%1:10:00::), return (return%1:10:01::) (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"
• S: (n) return (return%1:04:01::), homecoming (homecoming%1:04:00::) (a coming to or returning home) "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
• S: (n) return (return%1:11:02::), coming back (coming_back%1:11:00::) (the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction)
• S: (n) restitution (restitution%1:04:00::), return (return%1:04:02::), restoration (restoration%1:04:01::), regaining (regaining%1:04:00::) (getting something back again) "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
• S: (n) return (return%1:04:00::) (the act of going back to a prior location) "they set out on their return to the base camp"
• S: (n) return (return%1:21:00::), issue (issue%1:21:00::), take (take%1:21:00::), takings (takings%1:21:00::), proceeds (proceeds%1:21:00::), yield (yield%1:21:00::), payoff (payoff%1:21:02::) (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property) "the average return was about 5%"
• S: (n) recurrence (recurrence%1:11:00::), return (return%1:11:01::) (happening again (especially at regular intervals)) "the return of spring"
• S: (n) rejoinder (rejoinder%1:10:00::), retort (retort%1:10:00::), return (return%1:10:02::), riposte (riposte%1:10:00::), replication (replication%1:10:01::), comeback (comeback%1:10:00::), counter (counter%1:10:00::) (a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)) "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
• S: (n) return key (return_key%1:06:00::), return (return%1:06:00::) (the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed)
• S: (n) return (return%1:04:06::), paying back (paying_back%1:04:00::), getting even (getting_even%1:04:00::) (a reciprocal group action) "in return we gave them as good as we got"
• S: (n) return (return%1:04:04::) (a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player) "he won the point on a cross-court return"
• S: (n) return (return%1:04:05::) ((American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble)
• S: (n) reappearance (reappearance%1:04:00::), return (return%1:04:07::) (the act of someone appearing again) "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"

Verb

• S: (v) return (return%2:38:00::) (go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before) "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
• S: (v) render (render%2:40:00::), return (return%2:40:08::) (give back) "render money"
• S: (v) revert (revert%2:30:00::), return (return%2:30:00::), retrovert (retrovert%2:30:00::), regress (regress%2:30:01::), turn back (turn_back%2:30:00::) (go back to a previous state) "We reverted to the old rules"
• S: (v) hark back (hark_back%2:32:00::), return (return%2:32:00::), come back (come_back%2:32:00::), recall (recall%2:32:00::) (go back to something earlier) "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
• S: (v) return (return%2:38:12::), take back (take_back%2:38:03::), bring back (bring_back%2:38:00::) (bring back to the point of departure)
• S: (v) return (return%2:40:03::) (return in kind) "return a compliment"; "return her love"
• S: (v) return (return%2:35:01::) (make a return) "return a kickback"
• S: (v) retort (retort%2:32:00::), come back (come_back%2:32:01::), repay (repay%2:32:00::), return (return%2:32:01::), riposte (riposte%2:32:00::), rejoin (rejoin%2:32:00::) (answer back)
• S: (v) come back (come_back%2:30:00::), return (return%2:30:01::) (be restored) "Her old vigor returned"
• S: (v) refund (refund%2:40:00::), return (return%2:40:00::), repay (repay%2:40:00::), give back (give_back%2:40:00::) (pay back) "Please refund me my money"
• S: (v) render (render%2:32:01::), deliver (deliver%2:32:01::), return (return%2:32:03::) (pass down) "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
• S: (v) reelect (reelect%2:41:00::), return (return%2:41:00::) (elect again)
• S: (v) fall (fall%2:40:13::), return (return%2:40:13::), pass (pass%2:40:13::), devolve (devolve%2:40:13::) (be inherited by) "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"
• S: (v) return (return%2:38:01::) (return to a previous position; in mathematics) "The point returned to the interior of the figure"
• S: (v) render (render%2:36:00::), yield (yield%2:36:00::), return (return%2:36:00::), give (give%2:36:00::), generate (generate%2:36:02::) (give or supply) "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"
• S: (v) return (return%2:32:02::) (submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority) "submit a bill to a legislative body"