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51return — [14] The origins of return are in Vulgar Latin. There, Latin tornāre (source of English turn), which originally meant ‘turn on a lathe’, was combined with the prefix re ‘back’ to produce *retornāre ‘turn back’, which passed via Old French… …
52return — See: IN RETURN …
53return — See: IN RETURN …
54return to — phr verb Return to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑barracks, ↑duty, ↑fitness, ↑fold, ↑fundamentals, ↑haunt, ↑heat, ↑homeland, ↑library, ↑normal, ↑normality, ↑ …
55return — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. restore, put back, bring back, echo, yield, render, reply, answer, reciprocate; nominate, elect; come back, recur, reappear, revert. See restoration. n. arrival, homecoming, reversion, recurrence,… …
56Return — Re|turn 〈 [rıtœ:n] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s; Sport; Tennis〉 Rückschlag des gegnerischen Balles; das war ein guter Return [Etym.: engl.] …
57return — See: in return …
58return to — to die The destination is normally specified, such as to ashes, dust, etc.: Great travail is created for all men... from the day that they go out of their mother s womb, unto that day when they return to the mother of all things. (R.… …
59return to — go back to (a state or situation). → return …
60return — The income from an investment, frequently expressed as a percentage of its cost. See also return on capital employed …