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(noun) a coming to or returning home; "on the eve of his return to Australia we gave him a goodbye party" |
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Synonyms: homecoming |
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Related Words: arrival, repatriation |
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(noun) the act of returning to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp" |
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Related Words: motion, move, movement, reentry, remand |
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(noun) the act of running back the football after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble |
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Related Words: run, running, running game, running play |
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(noun) a tennis stroke that returns the ball to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return" |
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Related Words: backhand, backhand shot, backhand stroke, chop, chop shot, drive, drop shot, forehand, forehand shot, forehand stroke, ground stroke, half volley, lob, overhead, passing shot, smash, tennis shot, tennis stroke, volley |
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(verb) submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body" |
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Related Words: report out, submit |
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(noun) a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got" |
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Synonyms: getting even, paying back |
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Related Words: group action, reciprocation, requital, retaliation, revenge, tit for tat |
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(verb) make a return, as of a punt or a kickback, in football |
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Related Words: carry, transport |
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(verb) come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity |
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Synonyms: come back, get back, go back |
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Related Words: backtrack, boomerang, bounce, cut back, double back, flash back, go, go home, head home, home, locomote, move, retrace, return, revisit, trace, travel, turn back |
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(verb) return to a previous position; in mathematics: "The point returned to the interior of the figure" |
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Related Words: come back, get back, go back, return |
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(verb) bring back to the point of departure |
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Synonyms: bring back, take back |
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Related Words: bring, convey, take |
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(verb) return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love" |
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Related Words: reciprocate |
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(noun) the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction |
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Synonyms: coming back |
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Related Words: turn, turning |
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(noun) the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" |
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Synonyms: issue, payoff, proceeds, take, takings, yield |
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Related Words: economic rent, income, rent |
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(noun) getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" |
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Synonyms: regaining, restitution, restoration |
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Related Words: acquisition, clawback |
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(verb) go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" |
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Synonyms: regress, revert, turn back |
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Related Words: change by reversal, go back, recover, reverse, turn |
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(verb) "Her old vigor returned" |
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Synonyms: be restored, come back |
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Related Words: re-emerge, reappear |
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(verb) go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" |
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Synonyms: come back, hark back, recall |
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Related Words: denote, go back, recur, refer |
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(verb) be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" |
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Synonyms: devolve, fall, pass |
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Related Words: change hands, fall, light |
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(verb) pay back; "Please refund me my money" |
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Synonyms: give back, refund, repay |
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Related Words: pay, reimburse, restitute, restore |
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(verb) give back |
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Synonyms: render |
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Related Words: feed back, give, resubmit |
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(verb) elect again |
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Synonyms: reelect |
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Related Words: elect |
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(noun) the key on electric typewriters that causes a carriage return and a line feed |
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Synonyms: return key |
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Related Words: key |
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(noun) happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring" |
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Synonyms: recurrence |
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Related Words: atavism, flashback, repeat, repetition, reversion, throwback |
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(verb) as of a verdict, by a jury |
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Synonyms: deliver, render |
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Related Words: communicate, pass, pass on, put across |
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(verb) give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The cow won't give much milk" |
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Synonyms: generate, give, render, yield |
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Related Words: create, make, produce |
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(noun) document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return" |
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Synonyms: income tax return, tax return |
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Related Words: amended return, declaration of estimated tax, estimated tax return, false return, information return, instrument, joint return, legal document, legal instrument, official document |
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(noun) a reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" |
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Synonyms: comeback, rejoinder, retort, riposte |
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Related Words: backtalk, lip, mouth, reply, response, sass, sassing |
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(verb) answer back |
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Synonyms: come back, rejoin, repay, retort, riposte |
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Related Words: answer, reply, respond |
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