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Adjective returning has 2 senses
  1. returning, reverting - tending to return to an earlier state
    Antonym: progressive (indirect, via regressive)
  2. returning, reversive - tending to be turned back
    Antonym: forward (indirect, via backward)
,Verb return has 16 senses
  1. return, go back, get back, come back - come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity
    --1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
    Derived forms: noun return2, noun return5
    Sample sentence:
    The children return to the playground
  2. render, return - give back; "render money"
    --2 is one way to give
    Derived form: noun return4
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
  3. revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back - go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
    --3 is one way to change by reversal, turn, reverse
    Derived form: noun return3
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  4. hark back, return, come back, recall - go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
    --4 is one way to denote, refer
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  5. return, take back, bring back - bring back to the point of departure
    --5 is one way to bring, convey, take
    Derived form: noun return5
    Sample sentence:
    They return the parcel to their parents
  6. return - return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love"
    --6 is one way to     reciprocate
    Derived form: noun return8
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  7. return - make a return; "return a kickback"
    --7 is one way to     transport, carry
    Derived form: noun return12
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  8. retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin - answer back
    --8 is one way to answer, reply, respond
    Derived form: noun return8
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
  9. come back, return - be restored; "Her old vigor returned"
    --9 is one way to reappear, re-emerge
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  10. refund, return, repay, give back - pay back; "Please refund me my money"
    --10 is one way to pay
    Sample sentences:
    They return the money to them
    They return them the money
  11. render, deliver, return - pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
    --11 is one way to communicate, pass on, pass, put across
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  12. reelect, return - elect again
    --12 is one way to elect
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  13. fall, return, pass, devolve - 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"
    --13 is one way to change hands
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s somebody
  14. return - return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure"
    --14 is one way to     return, go back, get back, come back
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  15. render, yield, return, give, generate - 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"
    --15 is one way to produce, make, create
    Derived form: noun return6
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  16. return - submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"
    --16 is one way to     submit, subject
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
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