Noun Definition
return
1.Definition: (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
Category: General2.Definition: a coming to or returning home
"On his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
Related Noun(s):homecoming
Category: General3.Definition: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
Related Noun(s):comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, riposte
Category: General4.Definition: a reciprocal group action
"In return we gave them as good as we got"
Category: General5.Definition: a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
"He won the point on a cross-court return"
Category: General6.Definition: document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
"His gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"
Category: General7.Definition: getting something back again
Related Noun(s):restitution, restoration
Category: General8.Definition: happening again (especially at regular intervals)
"The return of spring"
Related Noun(s):recurrence
Category: General9.Definition: the act of going back to a prior location
"They set out on their return to the base camp"
Category: General10.Definition: the act of someone appearing again
Related Noun(s):reappearance
Category: General11.Definition: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
"The average return was about 5%"
Related Noun(s):issue, payoff, proceeds, take, takings, yield
Category: General12.Definition: the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
Category: Objects13.Definition: the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
Category: General