Word a Day
return
What does return mean?
return (verb): to come or go back (to a place or person).
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use return in a sentence?
- Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce return?
/ɹɪˈtɝn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does return come from?
From Middle English returnen, retornen, from Anglo-Norman returner.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “return” mean?
make into a whole or make part of a whole
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to contain comfortably; to have space for
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to come or go back (to a place or person)
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use up a period of time in a specific way
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