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Commonreturn
The correct spelling is return.
How to pronounce return
/ɹɪˈtɜːn/
nounIPA: /ɹɪˈtɜːn/
Say it like: Ret-urn
The correct spelling is return. The act of returning. For example: "I expect the house to be spotless upon my return."
Usage Examples
“I expect the house to be spotless upon my return.”
“Do you want a one-way or a return?”
“Last year there were 250 returns of this product, an improvement on the 500 returns the year before.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The act of returning.
- 2.A return ticket.
- 3.An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.
- 4.An answer.
- 5.An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
verb
- 1.To come or go back (to a place or person).
- 2.To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
- 3.To turn back, retreat.
- 4.To turn (something) round.
- 5.To place or put back something where it had been.
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