Antonyms for returns


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ri-turn
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈtɜrn


Definition of returns

Origin :
  • early 14c., "to come back, come or go back to a former position" (intransitive), from Old French retorner "turn back, turn round, return" (Modern French retourner), from re- "back" (see re-) + torner "to turn" (see turn (v.)). Transitive sense of "report officially" is early 15c.; "to send back" is mid-15c.; that of "to turn back" is from c.1500. Meaning "to give in repayment" is 1590s; that of "give back, restore" c.1600. Related: Returned; returning.
  • noun coming again
  • noun earnings, benefit
  • noun answer
  • noun summary
  • verb go back, turn back
  • verb give back, send back
  • verb earn
  • verb answer
Example sentences :
  • At this juncture comes an interruption; Tracey Tanner returns, hot-foot.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • At night, in his dreams, she returns, but never for a season may he look on her face of loveliness.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • When he returns to England you cannot do so, no matter how much you might wish to make the attempt.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • And must I continue to be very charming when he returns to me, and be ready for all his fancies?
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • Nevertheless, I tremble yet and I shall tremble until he returns.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • If she returns my love, my struggles will be sweet to me, for they will be made for her sake.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • The stranger said, 'Tell him when he returns, that to-night he must pay me my debt.'
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
  • He returns to the Emperor, on whose knees an aide-de-camp was unfolding a map.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • It returns to him again, again retires as if wishing him to follow it.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • If any freeman consort with him, let him be purified before he returns to the city.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

Synonyms for returns

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