Définitions
1.VerbTo come or go back (to a place or person)."Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter."
2.VerbTo go back in thought, narration, or argument."To return to my story […]"
3.VerbTo recur; to come again."Winter returns every year."
4.VerbTo turn back, retreat.
5.VerbTo turn (something) round.
6.VerbTo place or put back something where it had been."Please return your hands to your lap."
7.VerbTo give something back to its original holder or owner."You should return the library book within one month."
8.VerbTo give in requital or recompense; to requite.
9.VerbTo reciprocate (a visit or telephone call)."Hello, I'm just returning your call. What did you want to talk about?"
10.VerbTo take back something to a vendor for a complete or partial refund."Yeah, it's $600,000 but, if it doesn't work, you can always return it. As long as it's undamaged and in the original packaging, I'll give you a full refund."
11.VerbTo bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve."The player couldn't return the serve because it was so fast."
12.VerbTo play a card as a result of another player's lead."If one players plays a trump, the others must return a trump."
13.VerbTo throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.
14.VerbTo say in reply; to respond."to return an answer; to return thanks; "Do it yourself!" she returned."
15.VerbTo relinquish control to the calling procedure.
16.VerbTo pass (data) back to the calling procedure."This function returns the number of files in the directory."
17.VerbTo retort; to throw back."to return the lie"
18.VerbTo report, or bring back and make known."to return the result of an election"
19.VerbTo elect to a certain office."he was returned as a Member of Parliament"
20.VerbTo give a thrust or cut after parrying a sword-thrust.
21.NounThe act of returning."I expect the house to be spotless upon my return."
22.NounA return ticket."Do you want a one-way or a return?"
23.NounAn item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect.
24.NounAn answer."a return to one's question"
25.NounAn 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."election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold"
26.NounGain or loss from an investment."It yielded a return of 5%."
27.NounA report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a tax return."Hand in your return within 90 days of the end of the tax year."
28.NounA carriage return character.
29.NounThe act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
30.NounA return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
31.NounA return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from a central plant)."The boiler technician had to cut out the heating return to access the safety valve."
32.NounA roadway along which foul air travels from the face on its way out of the mine.
33.NounThe act of catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
34.NounA throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
35.NounA short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower. A modern-style desk with a left return
36.NounThe continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer."A facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south."