returned

/ษนษชหˆtษnd/

IPA: /R IH0 T ER1 N D/

verb
  1. 1

    To come or go back (to a place or person).

    โ€œAlthough the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.โ€

  2. 2

    To go back in thought, narration, or argument.

    โ€œTo return to my story [...]โ€

  3. 3

    To turn back, retreat.

  4. 4

    To turn (something) round.

  5. 5

    To place or put back something where it had been.

    โ€œPlease return your hands to your lap.โ€

  6. 6

    To give something back to its original holder or owner.

    โ€œYou should return the library book within one month.โ€

  7. 7

    To take back something to a vendor for a refund.

    โ€œIf the goods don't work, you can return them.โ€

  8. 8

    To give in requital or recompense; to requite.

  9. 9

    To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.

    โ€œThe player couldn't return the serve because it was so fast.โ€

  10. 10

    To play a card as a result of another player's lead.

    โ€œIf one players plays a trump, the others must return a trump.โ€

  11. 11

    To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.

  12. 12

    To say in reply; to respond.

    โ€œto return an answer;โ€ƒ to return thanks;โ€ƒ "Do it yourself!" she returned.โ€

  13. 13

    To relinquish control to the calling procedure.

  14. 14

    To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.

    โ€œThis function returns the number of files in the directory.โ€

  15. 15

    To retort; to throw back.

    โ€œto return the lieโ€

  16. 16

    To report, or bring back and make known.

    โ€œto return the result of an electionโ€

  17. 17

    (by extension) To elect according to the official report of the election officers.

adjective
  1. 1

    Bent back; angled.

  2. 2

    That has come back.

  3. 3

    Yielded as a return on an investment etc.

  4. 4

    Back home having been discharged from military service.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/return, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/returned