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A tax return.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Hand in your return by the end of the tax year." }, { "definition": "A carriage return character.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from central plant).", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The boiler technician had to cut out the heating return to access the safety valve." }, { "definition": "A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "A facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south." } ], "synonyms": [ "gaincoming" ], "antonyms": [] }, { "partOfSpeech": "verb", "definitions": [ { "definition": "To come or go back (to a place or person).", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter." }, { "definition": "To go back in thought, narration, or argument.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "To return to my story [...]" }, { "definition": "To turn back, retreat.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To turn (something) round.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To place or put back something where it had been.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Please return your hands to your lap." }, { "definition": "To give something back to its original holder or owner.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "You should return the library book within one month." }, { "definition": "To take back something to a vendor for a refund.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "If the goods don't work, you can return them." }, { "definition": "To give in requital or recompense; to requite.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The player couldn't return the serve because it was so fast." }, { "definition": "To play a card as a result of another player's lead.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "If one players plays a trump, the others must return a trump." }, { "definition": "To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To say in reply; to respond.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "to return an answer;\u2003 to return thanks;\u2003 \"Do it yourself!\" she returned." }, { "definition": "To relinquish control to the calling procedure.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "This function returns the number of files in the directory." }, { "definition": "To retort; to throw back.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "to return the lie" }, { "definition": "To report, or bring back and make known.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "to return the result of an election" }, { "definition": "(by extension) To elect according to the official report of the election officers.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "license": { "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" }, "sourceUrls": [ "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/return" ] } ]