verb

return

Translation

to return, to go back, to give back, to yield

She will return home tomorrow.

Please return the book by Friday.

The investment returned a good profit.

He returned the call an hour later.

((to a place)) to go back to a place He returned to his hometown.

((sth.)) ((to sb./sth.)) to give something back I returned the keys to the landlord.

((sth.)) to yield or produce something The business returns a small profit each year.

Synonyms: go back, give back, restore; Antonyms: leave, keep, take

From Old French 'retorner', from 're-' (back) + 'torner' (to turn). Literally 'to turn back'.

'Re-' means 'back' or 'again'. To 'turn' 'back' is to return.