verb

returned

Translation

returned, gave back, went back

He returned home yesterday.

I returned the book to the library.

The feeling of nausea returned.

((to/from a place)) to go back to/from a place She returned to her office.

((sth.)) ((to sb./sth.)) to give sth. back to sb./sth. He returned the keys to the owner.

Synonyms: came back, gave back; Antonyms: left, departed, kept

From the prefix 're-' (back) and 'turn'. Literally 'to turn back'.

Think of making a U-turn in a car. You are 'turning back' to where you came from.