return - Meaning in Tamil

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return - Meaning in Tamil

return Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of return in English

return noun

1. a coming to or returning home

   Synonyms

   homecoming

   Example

   • "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
2. the act of someone appearing again

   Synonyms

   reappearance

   Example

   • "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"
3. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

   Synonyms

   issue, payoff, proceeds, take, takings, yield

   Example

   • "the average return was about 5%"
4. the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

   Synonyms

   coming back

5. happening again (especially at regular intervals)

   Synonyms

   recurrence

   Example

   • "the return of spring"
6. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

   Synonyms

   comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, riposte

   Example

   • "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
7. document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

   Synonyms

   income tax return, tax return

   Example

   • "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"
8. the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

   Synonyms

   return key

9. a reciprocal group action

   Synonyms

   getting even, paying back

   Example

   • "in return we gave them as good as we got"
10. a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player

    Example

    • "he won the point on a cross-court return"
11. (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
12. the act of going back to a prior location

    Example

    • "they set out on their return to the base camp"
13. getting something back again

    Synonyms

    regaining, restitution, restoration, restoration

    Example

    • "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"

return verb

1. elect again

   Synonyms

   reelect

2. return in kind

   Examples

   • "return a compliment"
   • "return her love"
3. give back

   Synonyms

   render

   Example

   • "render money"
4. pay back

   Synonyms

   give back, refund, repay

   Example

   • "Please refund me my money"
5. be inherited by

   Synonyms

   devolve, fall, fall, pass, pass

   Examples

   • "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
   • "The estate fell to my sister"
   • "The land returned to the family"
6. bring back to the point of departure

   Synonyms

   bring back, take back

7. return to a previous position; in mathematics

   Example

   • "The point returned to the interior of the figure"
8. go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

   Examples

   • "return to your native land"
   • "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
9. give or supply

   Synonyms

   generate, give, give, render, yield

   Examples

   • "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"
   • "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
   • "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"
10. make a return

    Example

    • "return a kickback"
11. pass down

    Synonyms

    deliver, render

    Examples

    • "deliver a judgment"
    • "render a verdict"
12. go back to something earlier

    Synonyms

    come back, hark back, recall

    Example

    • "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
13. submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority

    Example

    • "submit a bill to a legislative body"
14. answer back

    Synonyms

    come back, rejoin, repay, retort, riposte

15. be restored

    Synonyms

    come back

    Example

    • "Her old vigor returned"
16. go back to a previous state

    Synonyms

    regress, retrovert, revert, turn back

    Example

    • "We reverted to the old rules"

Synonyms of return

• reappearance
• homecoming
• regaining, restitution, restoration
• getting even, paying back
• return key
• income tax return, tax return
• comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, riposte
• recurrence
• coming back
• issue, payoff, proceeds, take, takings, yield
• regress, retrovert, revert, turn back
• come back
• come back, rejoin, repay, retort, riposte
• come back, hark back, recall
• deliver, render
• generate, give, render, yield
• bring back, take back
• devolve, fall, pass
• give back, refund, repay
• render
• reelect

More matches for return

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