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    [Verb]  | "re*turn" | \ ri-ˈtərn \


    1: to go back or come back again

    2: to go back in thought, practice, or condition : revert

    3: to pass back to an earlier possessor


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French returner, from re- + turner, tourner to turn {mat|turn|};

    [Noun]  | "returning officer" 


    1: an official who organizes an election and announces the result

    [Phrasal verb]  | "return to" 


    1: to go to (a place where one works, studies, etc.) again after being away for a time

    2: to start doing or using (something) again especially after a long time

    3: to start an activity again that relates to (something)

    [Verb]  | "returning" 


    1: to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place;


      * e.g., " ... when I'm done reading a book, I always return it to the very shelf I got it from "





    2: to produce as revenue;


      * e.g., " ... this technology stock is expected to return a healthy profit "





    3: to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction;


      * e.g., " ... when I asked him to sit down to dinner, he returned that he would come when he was good and ready "



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    [Verb]  | "return" 


    1: to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place;


      * e.g., " ... when I'm done reading a book, I always return it to the very shelf I got it from "





    2: to produce as revenue;


      * e.g., " ... this technology stock is expected to return a healthy profit "





    3: to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction;


      * e.g., " ... when I asked him to sit down to dinner, he returned that he would come when he was good and ready "



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