return
noun (GOING BACK) /rɪˈtɜːn/
/-ˈtɝːn/ Definition
B1 [S] an occasion when someone goes or comes back to a place where they were before: The whole town came out to celebrate his return (from the war). On her return, she went straight to the office.Returning to a place › [S] an occasion when you start to do or have something again: Some environmentalists argue for a return to a pre-industrial society. Most people have welcomed her return to power/office.Repeating an action B1 [C] UK (also return ticket, US round-trip ticket) a ticket for travel to a place and back again: May I have a return to Birmingham, please?Tickets
(Definition of return noun (GOING BACK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- backtrack verb (GO BACK)
- call back phrasal verb
- come back phrasal verb (RETURN)
- double back phrasal verb
- get back phrasal verb
- go back phrasal verb (RETURN)
- not darken sb's door idiom
- reappear verb
- regain verb
- rejoin verb (RETURN)
- resume verb
- retrace your steps idiom
- return adjective
- return verb (GO BACK)
- snap verb (MOVE QUICKLY)
- turn (sb) back phrasal verb
- U-turn noun
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