return

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If port is the empty string, return host, serialized.

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Quick take

document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of return gathered in one view.

noun

document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"

noun

a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"

noun

the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for return.

noun

document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"

noun

a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"

noun

the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

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getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"

See also: restitution, restoration, regaining

noun

the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp"

noun

the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"

See also: issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff

noun

happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring"

noun

a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"

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the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

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a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got"

noun

a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"

noun

(American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble

noun

the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"

verb

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"

verb

give back; "render money"

verb

go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"

verb

go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

verb

bring back to the point of departure

verb

return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love"

verb

make a return; "return a kickback"

verb

answer back

See also: retort, repay, riposte, rejoin

verb

be restored; "Her old vigor returned"

verb

pay back; "Please refund me my money"

verb

pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"

verb

elect again

verb

be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"

verb

return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure"

verb

give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"

verb

submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"

Example sentences

If port is the empty string, return host, serialized.

You should define an enum if you want a function to return specific states.

We then simply take the Sharpe ratio of the average daily excess returns.

Imagine if you could return to the days when just getting something to compile was a victory that would stay with you for days.

You can find out more during our first Skype chat!Will you fund everyone and every thing?No. I'll still need to like your idea, and feel that a positive long-term return is possible.

In return for the job he arranged for me to have a Playstation 2 in my cell for two weeks, and to get access to a phone whenever I wanted.

For example, you can imagine limiting the number of results returned from one single site to allow other results to show up instead.

"Given the right flavor of influence from our community, we can only hope that he will decide to return the coins with integrity as opposed to hiding like a coward.

"The owner of the house, who we reached for comment, had been residing in the UK, and was not aware of current events, and was distraught to discover the state of the home on his return.

He's going to bust his ass to make the code work, for a salary half of his market rate, and in return he gets a tiny sliver of the company that gives him no real control, on a 4-year vesting cycle.

For the rest of my time, people would bring me trivially broken electronics and I would retire for the evening to make it out like I was doing something difficult, then return the fixed item the next day.