ALL meanings of returned
re·turn
R r - verb without object returned to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work. 1
- verb without object returned to revert to a former owner: The money I gave him returns to me in the event of his death. 1
- verb without object returned to revert or recur, as in thought, discourse, etc.: He returned to his story. 1
- verb without object returned to make a reply or retort: She returned with a witty sally. 1
- verb with object returned to put, bring, take, give, or send back to the original place, position, etc.: to return a book to a shelf; to return a child to her mother; to return the switch to off position. 1
- verb with object returned to send or give back in reciprocation, recompense, or requital: to return evil for good. 1
- verb with object returned to reciprocate, repay, or react to (something sent, given, done, etc.) with something similar: to return the enemy's fire; to return a favor. 1
- verb with object returned Law. to give to a judge or official (a statement or a writ of actions done). to render (a verdict, decision, etc.). 1
- verb with object returned to reflect (light, sound, etc.). 1
- verb with object returned to yield (a profit, revenue, etc.), as in return for labor, expenditure, or investment. 1
- verb with object returned to report or announce officially: to return a list of members. 1
- verb with object returned to elect, as to a legislative body: The voters returned him to office by a landslide. 1
- verb with object returned Military. to put (a weapon) back into its holder. 1
- verb with object returned Cards. to respond to (a suit led) by a similar lead: She returned diamonds. 1
- verb with object returned to turn back or in the reverse direction, as a served ball in tennis. 1
- verb with object returned Chiefly Architecture. to cause to turn or proceed in a different direction from the previous line of direction; reverse: to return a cornice at each end of a façade. 1
- noun returned the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back: the return of the Jews from the Diaspora; We should appreciate your return of the book immediately. 1
- noun returned a recurrence: the return of the moon each month. 1
- noun returned reciprocation, repayment, or requital: profits in return for outlay. 1
- noun returned response or reply. 1
- noun returned a person or thing that is returned: returns of mill goods. 1
- noun returned the gain realized on an exchange of goods. 1
- noun returned Often, returns. a yield or profit, as from labor, land, business, or investment: He received a quick return on his money. 1
- noun returned Also called tax return. a statement, on an officially prescribed form, of income, deductions, exemptions, etc., and taxes due. 1
- noun returned Usually, returns. an official or unofficial report on a count of votes, candidates elected, etc.: election returns. 1
- noun returned Chiefly British. return ticket (def 2). 1
- noun returned Architecture. the continuation of a molding, projection, etc., in a different direction. a side or part that falls away from the front of any straight or flat member or area. 1
- noun returned a tablelike extension attached at a right angle to a desk at typing height, for holding a typewriter, computer, etc. 1
- noun returned a key or lever on a typewriter or other business machine that returns the carriage to the extreme right, or the typing element to the extreme left, for the beginning of a new line. 1
- noun returned Computers. See under carriage return (def 2). 1
- noun returned Sports. the act of returning a ball. the ball that is returned. 1
- noun returned Football. a runback of a kick, intercepted pass, or fumble recovery. 1
- noun returned Economics. yield per unit as compared to the cost per unit involved in a specific industrial process. 1
- noun returned Law. the bringing or sending back of various documents, such as a writ, summons, or subpoena, with a brief written report usually endorsed upon it, by a sheriff, to the court from which it issued. a certified document by a great variety of officers, as assessors, collectors, and election officers. the report or certificate endorsed in such documents. 1
- noun returned Cards. a lead that responds to a partner's lead. 1
- noun returned Theater. a flat or drapery parallel to the tormentor for masking the offstage area and often completing the downstage part of a set. 1
- noun returned returns. merchandise shipped back to a supplier from a retailer or distributor as unsold or unsalable. merchandise returned to a retailer by a consumer. 1
- adjective returned of or relating to a return or returning: a return trip. 1
- adjective returned sent, given, or done in return: a return shot. 1
- adjective returned done or occurring again: a return engagement of the opera. 1
- adjective returned noting a person or thing that is returned or returning to a place: return cargo. 1
- adjective returned changing in direction; doubling or returning on itself: a return twist in a road. 1
- adjective returned used for returning, recirculating, etc.: the return road; a return pipe. 1
- adjective returned (of a game) played in order to provide the loser of an earlier game with the opportunity to win from the same opponent: return match. 1
- adjective returned adequate, necessary, or provided to enable the return of a mailed package or letter to its sender: return postage guaranteed; return address; return envelope. 1