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return

verbid 16709·updated Jun 3, 2026
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go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

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Cognitive

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Variants

synonym
bring backcome backdeliverdevolvefallgenerategivegive backhark backpassrecallreelectrefundregressrejoinrenderrepayretortretrovertrevertripostetake backturn backyield
pasttense
returned
presentparticiple
returning
thirdpersonsingular
returns
pastparticiple
returned

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary16 sensesview framework →
§1
go back to a previous state
§2
be restored
§3
answer back
§4
submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
§5
go back to something earlier
§6
pass down
§7
make a return
§8
give or supply
§9
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
§10
return to a previous position
§11
bring back to the point of departure
§12
be inherited by
§13
pay back
§14
give back
§15
return in kind
§16
elect again
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
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