Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - return
Return
return
v. & n. --v. 1 intr. come or go back. 2 tr. bring or put or send back to the person or place etc. where originally belonging or obtained (returned the fish to the river; have you returned my scissors?). 3 tr. pay back or reciprocate; give in response (decided not to return the compliment). 4 tr. yield (a profit). 5 tr. say in reply; retort. 6 tr. (in cricket or tennis etc.) hit or send (the ball) back after receiving it. 7 tr. state or mention or describe officially, esp. in answer to a writ or formal demand. 8 tr. (of an electorate) elect as an MP, government, etc. 9 tr. Cards a lead (a suit) previously led or bid by a partner. b lead (a suit or card) after taking a trick. 10 tr. Archit. continue (a wall etc.) in a changed direction, esp. at right angles. --n. 1 the act or an instance of coming or going back. 2 a the act or an instance of giving or sending or putting or paying back. b a thing given or sent back. 3 (in full return ticket) esp. Brit. a ticket for a journey to a place and back to the starting-point. 4 (in sing. or pl.) a the proceeds or profit of an undertaking. b the acquisition of these. 5 a formal report or statement compiled or submitted by order (an income-tax return). 6 (in full return match or game) a second match etc. between the same opponents. 7 Electr. a conductor bringing a current back to its source. 8 Brit. a sheriff's report on a writ. 9 esp. Brit. a a person's election as an MP etc. b a returning officer's announcement of this. 10 Archit. a part receding from the line of the front, e.g. the side of a house or of a window-opening. Phrases and idioms by return (of post) by the next available post in the return direction. in return as an exchange or reciprocal action. many happy returns (of the day) a greeting on a birthday. return crease Cricket each of two lines joining the popping-crease and bowling-crease at right angles to the bowling-crease and extending beyond it. returning officer Brit. an official conducting an election in a constituency and announcing the results. return thanks express thanks esp. in a grace at meals or in response to a toast or condolence. Derivatives returnable adj. returner n. returnless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF returner (as RE-, TURN)
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I. verb see: turn Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to go back or come back again , to go back in thought, practice, or condition ; revert , to pass back to an earlier possessor, reply, retort, transitive verb 1. to give (as an official account) to a superior, to elect (a candidate) as attested by official report or ~s, to bring back (as a writ or verdict) to an office or tribunal, 2. to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place , to restore to a former or to a normal state, 3. to send back ; visit, retort, to bring in (as profit) ; yield, 5. to give or perform in ~ ; repay , to give back to the owner, reflect , to cause (as a wall) to continue in a different direction (as at a right angle), to lead (a specified suit or specified card of a suit) in response to a partner's earlier lead, 8. to hit back (a ball or shuttlecock), to run with (a football) after a change of possession (as by a punt or a fumble), see: reciprocate ~er noun II. noun Date: 14th century 1. the act of coming back to or from a place or condition, a regular or frequent ~ing ; recurrence, 2. a. the delivery of a legal order (as a writ) to the proper officer or court, an endorsed certificate stating an official's action in the execution of such an order, the sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners, an account or formal report, c. a report of the results of balloting, an official declaration of the election of a candidate, election, d. a formal statement on a required legal form showing taxable income, allowable deductions and exemptions, and the computation of the tax due, a list of taxable property, 3. the continuation usually at a right angle of the face or of a member of a building or of a molding or group of moldings, a means for conveying something (as water) back to its starting point, 4. a quantity of goods, consignment, or cargo coming back in exchange for goods sent out as a mercantile venture, the value of or profit from such venture, c. the profit from labor, investment, or business ; yield, results, the rate of...Толковый словарь английского языка
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