DICTOMETER

RETURN

1. Synonyms:
   • Tax return
   • Income tax return
   • Return
   Definitions:
   • document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
   Examples:
   • His gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Return
   • Homecoming
   Definitions:
   • a coming to or returning home
   Examples:
   • On his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Return
   • Coming back
   Definitions:
   • the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Restitution
   • Return
   • Restoration
   • Regaining
   Definitions:
   • getting something back again
   Examples:
   • Upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Return
   Definitions:
   • the act of going back to a prior location
   Examples:
   • They set out on their return to the base camp
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Return
   • Issue
   • Take
   • Takings
   • Proceeds
   • Yield
   • Payoff
   Definitions:
   • the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
   Examples:
   • The average return was about 5%
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Recurrence
   • Return
   Definitions:
   • happening again (especially at regular intervals)
   Examples:
   • The return of spring
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Rejoinder
   • Retort
   • Return
   • Riposte
   • Replication
   • Comeback
   • Counter
   Definitions:
   • a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
   Examples:
   • It brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Return key
   • Return
   Definitions:
   • the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Return
    • Paying back
    • Getting even
    Definitions:
    • a reciprocal group action
    Examples:
    • In return we gave them as good as we got
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Return
    Definitions:
    • a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
    Examples:
    • He won the point on a cross-court return
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Return
    Definitions:
    • (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Reappearance
    • Return
    Definitions:
    • the act of someone appearing again
    Examples:
    • His reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Return
   Definitions:
   • go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
   Examples:
   • Return to your native land
   • The professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Render
   • Return
   Definitions:
   • give back
   Examples:
   • Render money
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Revert
   • Return
   • Retrovert
   • Regress
   • Turn back
   Definitions:
   • go back to a previous state
   Examples:
   • We reverted to the old rules
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Hark back
   • Return
   • Come back
   • Recall
   Definitions:
   • go back to something earlier
   Examples:
   • This harks back to a previous remark of his
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Return
   • Take back
   • Bring back
   Definitions:
   • bring back to the point of departure
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Return
   Definitions:
   • return in kind
   Examples:
   • Return a compliment
   • Return her love
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Return
   Definitions:
   • make a return
   Examples:
   • Return a kickback
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Retort
   • Come back
   • Repay
   • Return
   • Riposte
   • Rejoin
   Definitions:
   • answer back
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Come back
   • Return
   Definitions:
   • be restored
   Examples:
   • Her old vigor returned
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Refund
    • Return
    • Repay
    • Give back
    Definitions:
    • pay back
    Examples:
    • Please refund me my money
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Render
    • Deliver
    • Return
    Definitions:
    • pass down
    Examples:
    • Render a verdict
    • Deliver a judgment
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Reelect
    • Return
    Definitions:
    • elect again
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Fall
    • Return
    • Pass
    • Devolve
    Definitions:
    • be inherited by
    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
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Return
    Definitions:
    • return to a previous position
    • in mathematics
    Examples:
    • The point returned to the interior of the figure
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Render
    • Yield
    • Return
    • Give
    • Generate
    Definitions:
    • give or supply
    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
    
    
16. Synonyms:
    • Return
    Definitions:
    • submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
    Examples:
    • Submit a bill to a legislative body