Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb return
7 of 16 senses of return
Sense 1
return, go back get back come back
=> rise, uprise
=> revisit
=> trace, retrace
=> backtrack, turn back double back
=> cut back flash back
=> home
=> go home, head home
=> return
=> boomerang
=> bounce
Sense 2
render, return
=> feed back resubmit
Sense 3
revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
=> resile
=> recover, go back
Sense 4
hark back return, come back recall
=> recur, go back
Sense 10
refund, return, repay, give back
=> reimburse
=> restore, restitute
Sense 13
fall, return, pass, devolve
=> fall, light
Sense 16
return
=> report out
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb return
7 of 16 senses of return
Sense 1
return, go back get back come back
=> rise, uprise
=> revisit
=> trace, retrace
=> backtrack, turn back double back
=> cut back flash back
=> home
=> go home, head home
=> return
=> boomerang
=> bounce
Sense 2
render, return
=> feed back resubmit
Sense 3
revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
=> resile
=> recover, go back
=> rally, rebound
Sense 4
hark back return, come back recall
=> recur, go back
Sense 10
refund, return, repay, give back
=> reimburse
=> restore, restitute
Sense 13
fall, return, pass, devolve
=> fall, light
Sense 16
return
=> report out
Entailment of verb return
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb return
16 senses of return
Sense 1
return, go back get back come back
=> travel, go move locomote
Sense 2
render, return
=> give
Sense 3
revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
Sense 4
hark back return, come back recall
=> denote, refer
Sense 5
return, take back bring back
=> bring convey, take
Sense 6
return
=> reciprocate
Sense 7
return
=> transport, carry
Sense 8
retort, come back repay, return, riposte, rejoin
=> answer, reply, respond
Sense 9
come back return, be restored
=> reappear, re-emerge
Sense 10
refund, return, repay, give back
=> pay
Sense 11
render, deliver, return
=> communicate, pass on pass, put across
Sense 12
reelect, return
=> elect
Sense 13
fall, return, pass, devolve
=> change hands
Sense 14
return
=> return, go back get back come back
Sense 15
render, yield, return, give generate
=> produce, make create
Sense 16
return
=> submit
Familiarity of verb return
return used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count = 16)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb return
Sense 1
return, go back get back come back
=> travel, go move locomote
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Sense 2
render, return
=> give
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Sense 3
revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
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Sense 4
hark back return, come back recall
=> denote, refer
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Sense 5
return, take back bring back
=> bring convey, take
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Sense 6
return
=> reciprocate
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Sense 7
return
=> transport, carry
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Sense 8
retort, come back repay, return, riposte, rejoin
=> answer, reply, respond
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Sense 9
come back return, be restored
=> reappear, re-emerge
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Sense 10
refund, return, repay, give back
=> pay
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Sense 11
render, deliver, return
=> communicate, pass on pass, put across
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Sense 12
reelect, return
=> elect
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Sense 13
fall, return, pass, devolve
=> change hands
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Sense 14
return
=> return, go back get back come back
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Sense 15
render, yield, return, give generate
=> produce, make create
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Sense 16
return
=> submit
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Overview of verb return
The verb return has 16 senses (first 11 from tagged texts)
1. (111) return, go back get back come back -- (come back to place where one has been before or return to a previous activity)
2. (16) render, return -- (give back "render money")
3. (12) revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back -- (go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules")
4. (5) hark back return, come back recall -- (go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his")
5. (3) return, take back bring back -- (bring back to the point of departure)
6. (2) return -- (return in kind "return a compliment"; "return her love")
7. (2) return -- (make a return, as of a punt or a kickback, in football)
8. (2) retort, come back repay, return, riposte, rejoin -- (answer back)
9. (2) come back return, be restored -- ("Her old vigor returned")
10. (1) refund, return, repay, give back -- (pay back "Please refund me my money")
11. (1) render, deliver, return -- (pass down "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment")
12. reelect, return -- (elect again)
13. fall, return, pass, devolve -- (be inherited by "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead")
14. return -- (return to a previous position; in mathematics: "The point returned to the interior of the figure")
15. render, yield, return, give generate -- (give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family")
16. return -- (submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body")
Overview of verb return
The verb return has 16 senses (first 11 from tagged texts)
1. (111) return, go back get back come back -- (come back to place where one has been before or return to a previous activity)
2. (16) render, return -- (give back "render money")
3. (12) revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back -- (go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules")
4. (5) hark back return, come back recall -- (go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his")
5. (3) return, take back bring back -- (bring back to the point of departure)
6. (2) return -- (return in kind "return a compliment"; "return her love")
7. (2) return -- (make a return, as of a punt or a kickback, in football)
8. (2) retort, come back repay, return, riposte, rejoin -- (answer back)
9. (2) come back return, be restored -- ("Her old vigor returned")
10. (1) refund, return, repay, give back -- (pay back "Please refund me my money")
11. (1) render, deliver, return -- (pass down "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment")
12. reelect, return -- (elect again)
13. fall, return, pass, devolve -- (be inherited by "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead")
14. return -- (return to a previous position; in mathematics: "The point returned to the interior of the figure")
15. render, yield, return, give generate -- (give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family")
16. return -- (submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body")
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