Dictionary entry details
• RETURN (noun)
Meaning:
Document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
tax return; return; income tax return
Context example:
his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return
Hypernyms ("return" is a kind of...):
instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "return"):
joint return (a return filed by a husband and wife)
information return (a return that provides information to the tax collector but does not compute the tax liability)
false return (an incorrect income tax return)
declaration of estimated tax; estimated tax return (return required of a taxpayer whose tax withheld from income does not meet the tax liability for the year)
amended return (a tax return that corrects the information in an earlier return)
Meaning:
A coming to or returning home
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
homecoming; return
Context example:
on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party
Hypernyms ("return" is a kind of...):
arrival (the act of arriving at a certain place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "return"):
repatriation (the act of returning to the country of origin)
Meaning:
The occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
coming back; return
Hypernyms ("return" is a kind of...):
turn; turning (a movement in a new direction)
Meaning:
Getting something back again
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
regaining; restoration; restitution; return
Context example:
upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing
Hypernyms ("return" is a kind of...):
acquisition (the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "return"):
clawback (finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way)
Meaning:
The act of going back to a prior location
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
they set out on their return to the base camp
Hypernyms ("return" is a kind of...):
motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "return"):
reentry (the act of entering again)
remand (the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial))
Meaning:
The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
takings; take; proceeds; payoff; yield; return; issue
Context example:
the average return was about 5%
Hypernyms ("return" is a kind of...):
income (the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "return"):
economic rent; rent (the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions)
payback (financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment))
Meaning:
Happening again (especially at regular intervals)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
recurrence; return
Context example:
the return of spring
Hypernyms ("return" is a kind of...):
repeat; repetition (an event that repeats)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "return"):
atavism; reversion; throwback (a reappearance of an earlier characteristic)
flashback (an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier))
Meaning:
A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
riposte; retort; rejoinder; comeback; replication; counter; return
Context example:
it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
Hypernyms ("return" is a kind of...):
reply; response (the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "return"):
back talk; backtalk; lip; mouth; sass; sassing (an impudent or insolent rejoinder)
Meaning:
The key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
return key; return
Hypernyms ("return" is a kind of...):
key (a lever that actuates a mechanism when depressed)
Meaning:
A reciprocal group action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
getting even; paying back; return
Context example:
in return we gave them as good as we got
Hypernyms ("return" is a kind of...):
group action (action taken by a group of people)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "return"):
tit for tat (an equivalent given in return)
reciprocation (the act of making or doing something in return)
retaliation; revenge (action taken in return for an injury or offense)
requital (an act of requiting; returning in kind)
Meaning:
A tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he won the point on a cross-court return
Hypernyms ("return" is a kind of...):
tennis shot; tennis stroke (the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "return"):
half volley (a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces)
lob (an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc)
overhead; smash (a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head)
passing shot (a tennis return that passes an opponent who has approached the net)
volley (a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces)
ground stroke (a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once)
get (a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent)
forehand; forehand shot; forehand stroke ((sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash))
dink; drop shot (a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net)
drive ((sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash))
chop; chop shot (a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball)
backhand; backhand shot; backhand stroke (a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke)
Holonyms ("return" is a part of...):
lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)
Meaning:
(American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("return" is a kind of...):
run; running; running game; running play ((American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team)
Domain category:
American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)
Meaning:
The act of someone appearing again
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
reappearance; return
Context example:
his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited
Hypernyms ("return" is a kind of...):
appearance (the act of appearing in public view)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "return"):
comeback (return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity)
• RETURN (verb)
Meaning:
Come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
return; go back; get back; come back
Hypernyms (to "return" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "return"):
bounce (come back after being refused)
boomerang (return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang)
return (return to a previous position; in mathematics)
go home; head home (return home)
home (return home accurately from a long distance)
cut back; flash back (return in time)
backtrack; double back; turn back (retrace one's course)
retrace; trace (to go back over again)
revisit (visit again)
resurrect; rise; uprise (return from the dead)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The children return to the playground
Meaning:
Give back
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
return; render
Context example:
render money
Hypernyms (to "return" is one way to...):
give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "return"):
feed back; resubmit (submit (information) again to a program or automatic system)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Go back to a previous state
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
retrovert; revert; regress; turn back; return
Context example:
We reverted to the old rules
Hypernyms (to "return" is one way to...):
change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "return"):
go back; recover; recuperate (regain a former condition after a financial loss)
resile (return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed)
fall back; lapse; recidivate; regress; relapse; retrogress (go back to bad behavior)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Go back to something earlier
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
hark back; recall; come back; return
Context example:
This harks back to a previous remark of his
Hypernyms (to "return" is one way to...):
denote; refer (have as a meaning)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "return"):
go back; recur (return in thought or speech to something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Bring back to the point of departure
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
bring back; take back; return
Hypernyms (to "return" is one way to...):
bring; convey; take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They return the parcel to their parents
Meaning:
Return in kind
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context examples:
return a compliment / return her love
Hypernyms (to "return" is one way to...):
reciprocate (act, feel, or give mutually or in return)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make a return
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
return a kickback
Hypernyms (to "return" is one way to...):
carry; transport (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body)
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Answer back
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
retort; rejoin; riposte; repay; come back; return
Hypernyms (to "return" is one way to...):
answer; reply; respond (reply or respond to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Be restored
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
come back; return
Context example:
Her old vigor returned
Hypernyms (to "return" is one way to...):
re-emerge; reappear (appear again)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Pay back
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
give back; refund; repay; return
Context example:
Please refund me my money
Hypernyms (to "return" is one way to...):
pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "return"):
reimburse (pay back for some expense incurred)
restitute; restore (give or bring back)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sentence examples:
They return the money to them
They return them the money
Meaning:
Pass down
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
render; deliver; return
Context examples:
render a verdict / deliver a judgment
Hypernyms (to "return" is one way to...):
communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across (transmit information)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Elect again
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
reelect; return
Hypernyms (to "return" is one way to...):
elect (select by a vote for an office or membership)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Be inherited by
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
devolve; return; fall; pass
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "return" is one way to...):
change hands; change owners (be transferred to another owner)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "return"):
fall; light (fall to somebody by assignment or lot)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Return to a previous position; in mathematics
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The point returned to the interior of the figure
Hypernyms (to "return" is one way to...):
come back; get back; go back; return (come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Give or supply
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
generate; yield; render; give; return
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "return" is one way to...):
create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
submit a bill to a legislative body
Hypernyms (to "return" is one way to...):
subject; submit (refer for judgment or consideration)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "return"):
report out (return a bill after consideration and revision to a legislative body)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
