return
VERB:
in military:
to put (a weapon) back into its holder.
in ball games:
1. to turn back or in the reverse direction, as a served ball in tennis.
2. (tr) to hit, throw, or play (a ball) back.
3. to hit back (a ball or shuttlecock).
4. to run with (a football) after a change of possession (as by a punt or a fumble).
of a right angle:
to cause (something, such as a wall) to continue in a different direction (as at a right angle).
chiefly architecture:
1. to cause to turn or proceed in a different direction from the previous line of direction; reverse:
to return a cornice at each end of a façade.
2. (tr) to turn (a part, decorative moulding, etc) away from its original direction.
in cards:
1. to respond to (a suit led) by a similar lead:
She returned diamonds.
2. (tr) to lead back (the suit led by one's partner).
3. to lead (a specified suit or specified card of a suit) in response to a partner's earlier lead.
obsolete:
retort. —Merriam-Webster.
NOUN:
of taxes:
1. Also called "tax return," a statement, on an officially prescribed form, of income, deductions, exemptions, etc., and taxes due.
2. a form (a tax return) on which a statement concerning one's taxable income is made.
3. the statement itself.
4. a formal statement on a required legal form showing taxable income, allowable deductions and exemptions, and the computation of the tax due.
5. a list of taxable property.
of an election:
1. a report of the results of balloting —usually used in plural:
election returns.
2. an official declaration of the election of a candidate.
3. chiefly British. election.
in architecture:
1. the continuation of a molding, projection, etc., in a different direction.
2. a side or part that falls away from the front of any straight or flat member or area.
3. a part of a building that forms an angle with the façade.
4. any part of an architectural feature that forms an angle with the main part.
of a right angle:
the continuation usually at a right angle of the face or of a member of a building or of a molding or group of moldings.
of a desk:
a tablelike extension attached at a right angle to a desk at typing height, for holding a typewriter, computer, etc.
of a typewriter, etc:
a key or lever on a typewriter or other business machine that returns the carriage to the extreme right, or the typing element to the extreme left, for the beginning of a new line.
of computers:
See carriage return.
in sports, ball games:
1. the act of returning a ball.
2. the ball that is returned.
3. the act of playing or throwing a ball back.
4. an answering play, such as the action or an instance of returning a ball (as in football or tennis).
in football:
a runback of a kick, intercepted pass, or fumble recovery.
in economics:
yield per unit as compared to the cost per unit involved in a specific industrial process.
NZ, informal:
a second helping of food served at a table.
in cards:
1. a lead that responds to a partner's lead.
2. a lead of a card in the suit that one's partner has previously led.
3. an answering play, such as a lead in a suit previously led by one's partner in a card game.
in theater:
a flat or drapery parallel to the tormentor for masking the offstage area and often completing the downstage part of a set.
of water, etc:
a means for conveying something (such as water) back to its starting point.
Chiefly British:
return ticket.
Origin:
1275–1325; (v.) Middle English retornen<Middle French retorner, returner,Old French (see re-, turn); (noun) Middle English <Anglo-French retorn, return, derivative of Old French retorner, returner; (adj.) derivative of the noun. British dictionary: C14: from Old French retorner; see re-, turn. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of return: Verb: 14th century. Noun: 14th century. Adjective: 1676. History and Etymology for return: Verb: Middle English, from Anglo-French returner, from re- + turner, tourner to turn — more at turn. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 15 August 2020 {5:24 PM}
in military:
to put (a weapon) back into its holder.
in ball games:
1. to turn back or in the reverse direction, as a served ball in tennis.
2. (tr) to hit, throw, or play (a ball) back.
3. to hit back (a ball or shuttlecock).
4. to run with (a football) after a change of possession (as by a punt or a fumble).
of a right angle:
to cause (something, such as a wall) to continue in a different direction (as at a right angle).
chiefly architecture:
1. to cause to turn or proceed in a different direction from the previous line of direction; reverse:
to return a cornice at each end of a façade.
2. (tr) to turn (a part, decorative moulding, etc) away from its original direction.
in cards:
1. to respond to (a suit led) by a similar lead:
She returned diamonds.
2. (tr) to lead back (the suit led by one's partner).
3. to lead (a specified suit or specified card of a suit) in response to a partner's earlier lead.
obsolete:
retort. —Merriam-Webster.
NOUN:
of taxes:
1. Also called "tax return," a statement, on an officially prescribed form, of income, deductions, exemptions, etc., and taxes due.
2. a form (a tax return) on which a statement concerning one's taxable income is made.
3. the statement itself.
4. a formal statement on a required legal form showing taxable income, allowable deductions and exemptions, and the computation of the tax due.
5. a list of taxable property.
of an election:
1. a report of the results of balloting —usually used in plural:
election returns.
2. an official declaration of the election of a candidate.
3. chiefly British. election.
in architecture:
1. the continuation of a molding, projection, etc., in a different direction.
2. a side or part that falls away from the front of any straight or flat member or area.
3. a part of a building that forms an angle with the façade.
4. any part of an architectural feature that forms an angle with the main part.
of a right angle:
the continuation usually at a right angle of the face or of a member of a building or of a molding or group of moldings.
of a desk:
a tablelike extension attached at a right angle to a desk at typing height, for holding a typewriter, computer, etc.
of a typewriter, etc:
a key or lever on a typewriter or other business machine that returns the carriage to the extreme right, or the typing element to the extreme left, for the beginning of a new line.
of computers:
See carriage return.
in sports, ball games:
1. the act of returning a ball.
2. the ball that is returned.
3. the act of playing or throwing a ball back.
4. an answering play, such as the action or an instance of returning a ball (as in football or tennis).
in football:
a runback of a kick, intercepted pass, or fumble recovery.
in economics:
yield per unit as compared to the cost per unit involved in a specific industrial process.
NZ, informal:
a second helping of food served at a table.
in cards:
1. a lead that responds to a partner's lead.
2. a lead of a card in the suit that one's partner has previously led.
3. an answering play, such as a lead in a suit previously led by one's partner in a card game.
in theater:
a flat or drapery parallel to the tormentor for masking the offstage area and often completing the downstage part of a set.
of water, etc:
a means for conveying something (such as water) back to its starting point.
Chiefly British:
return ticket.
Origin:
1275–1325; (v.) Middle English retornen<Middle French retorner, returner,Old French (see re-, turn); (noun) Middle English <Anglo-French retorn, return, derivative of Old French retorner, returner; (adj.) derivative of the noun. British dictionary: C14: from Old French retorner; see re-, turn. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of return: Verb: 14th century. Noun: 14th century. Adjective: 1676. History and Etymology for return: Verb: Middle English, from Anglo-French returner, from re- + turner, tourner to turn — more at turn. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 15 August 2020 {5:24 PM}