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# return

«return» in Mova's school dictionary: **to come back or go back to a place** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (return, returns, returned, returning); noun (a return, returns); adjective (return — as in a return ticket)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To return is to come back or go back to a place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/#m1)

2) To return something is to give it back or bring it back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/#m2)

3) A return is the going back, or the coming back: on her return. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/#m3)

4) A return (ticket, trip) is there and back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/#m4)

5) Return is also the key on a keyboard for a new line, and money earned back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/#m5)

6) To return can also mean to answer someone in speech. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: coming back on a trip (the way back adds distance) or giving back books, money or things; a return trip doubles a distance (there and back). In everyday life: returning library books, returning a faulty toy to the shop, «many happy returns». In science: a boomerang returns; birds return in spring. In stories: «the hero's return».

### examples

- He drove 30 miles to the lake and returned home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/#x1)
- She returned 4 library books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/#x2)
- The shop returned $5 to him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/#x3)
- The return trip took 2 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/#x4)
- Please return your books by Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/#x5)
- The swallows return every spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/#x6)
- A boomerang returns to the thrower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/#x7)
- She bought a return ticket to the city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/#x8)
- Press return to start a new line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/#x9)
- "No, sir, by design," returned Aladdin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/#x10)

### note

A return trip often doubles a distance (there and back); things returned to someone are added to them and taken from the giver. Trap: forgetting the way back in a round trip. «Return back» is extra: «return» already means go back. UK «return ticket» = US «round-trip ticket».

### In the corpora

- [Returning objects to the country they came from is called repatriation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/8/)
- [He «knew he must return to the larger stage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/44-willows-ch5-part4-the-carol-and-a-happy-homecoming/36/)
- [Once a day and once a night I return.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell/17/)
- [Telling someone your route and return time means help can start looking for you quickly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/20/)
- [A borrowed thing should be returned on time and in the same condition.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/199-promises/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «return» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/return/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.