return

About 109.61 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To come or go back (to a place or person).

   Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.

2. verb To go back in thought, narration, or argument.

   To return to my story […]

3. verb To recur; to come again.

   Winter returns every year.

4. verb To turn back, retreat.
5. verb To turn (something) round.
6. verb To place or put back something where it had been.

   Please return your hands to your lap.

7. verb To give something back to its original holder or owner.

   You should return the library book within one month.

8. verb To give in requital or recompense; to requite.

Similar words

come back get back go back comeback bring back give back recurrence regaining restoration revert

Often followed by

to of for from on the home in and

Word family

returned returner returners returning returns