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📖 Определения и значения для слова return

📒 to come or go back from one place to another

  • I waited a long time for him to return.
  • returning emigrants/exiles/refugees (= who are coming home after being away)
  • return to… She's returning to Australia tomorrow after six months in Europe.

📒 to bring, give, put or send something back to somebody/something

  • return somebody/something to somebody/something We had to return the hairdryer to the store because it was faulty.
  • I must return some books to the library.
  • The court ordered him to return the children to their mother.

📒 to come back again

  • The following day the pain returned.
  • There's a chance the cancer will return.
  • Confidence returned and prices started to rise.

📒 to start discussing a subject you were discussing earlier, or doing an activity you were doing earlier

  • He returns to this topic later in the report.
  • She looked up briefly then returned to her sewing.
  • The doctor may allow her to return to work next week.

📒 to go back to a previous state

  • Train services have returned to normal after the strike.
  • The land has returned to its natural state.
  • Many find returning to civilian life difficult.

📒 to do or give something to somebody because they have done or given the same to you first; to have the same feeling about somebody that they have about you

  • to return a smile/gaze/greeting
  • If you assist people when they ask for help, it is more likely they will return the favour.
  • She phoned him several times but he was too busy to return her call.

📒 to hit the ball back to your opponent during a game

  • to return a service/shot

📒 to give a decision about something in court

  • The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
  • The inquest returned a verdict of accidental death.

📒 to elect somebody to a political position

  • be returned (as something) She was returned as MP for Edgbaston in the last election.
  • be returned (to something) He was returned to Parliament with an increased majority.

📒 to give or produce a particular amount of money as a profit or loss

  • to return a high rate of interest
  • Last year the company returned a loss of £157 million.
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