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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

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

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

Framework definitions

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§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

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Incoming relationships

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