vi.

1. 回，返回，歸[（+to/from）]
   She did not return home till eleven o'clock.

   她十一點鐘才回家。

2. 重新發生；回復，恢復[（+to）]
   The situation has returned to normal in the capital.

   首都的局勢已恢復正常。

3. 歸還，退回[（+to）]
4. 回答；反駁

vt.

1. 還，歸還；送回[（+to）][O1]
   Have you returned the novel to the library?

   那本小說你還給圖書館了嗎？

2. 回答，回報；報答
   We decided to return blow for blow.

   我們決定以牙還牙。

3. 選舉，選出[（+to）]
4. 【律】（陪審團）正式宣布（裁決）
5. 獲得，產生（利潤等）
   The performance returned $2,000 over expenses.

   這場演出除去開支贏餘二千元。

6. 報告；申報
7. 反射（光，聲等）
8. 回答說；反駁道

n.

1. 回，歸，返回[C][U][（+from/to）]
   On his return he reported his findings to the committee.

   他一回來就向委員會報告調查結果。

2. 還，歸還[U]
3. 回答；報答[U][C]
   He expected no return when he decided to give us full support.

   他決定全力支持我們時並無圖報之意。

4. 回復；復發；恢復；再現[U][C]
   She had a return of the heart attacks.

   她心臟病又發作了。

5. 收益，利潤；利息[P1]
6. 報告書；申報；報表[C]
7. 【英】來回票[C]
8. 退貨[P]

a.

1. 返回的，回程的；來回的
2. 報答的；回報的
   The professor paid a return visit to his American colleague.

   教授回訪了美國同事。

3. 返回的，折回的

v.

1. come or go back to a place.
   ▸ (return to) go back to (a state or situation).
   ▸(especially of a feeling) come back after a period of absence.
   ▸Golf  play the last nine holes in a round of eighteen holes.
2. give or send back or put back in place.
   ▸feel, say, or do (the same feeling, action, etc.) in response.
   ▸(in tennis and other sports) hit or send (the ball) back to an opponent.
   ▸American Football  intercept (a pass, kick, or fumble by the opposing team) and run upfield with the ball.
3. yield or make (a profit).
4. (of a judge or jury) state or present (a decision or verdict) in response to a formal request.
5. (of an electorate) elect (a person or party) to office.
6. Bridge  lead (a card) after taking a trick.
7. Architecture  continue (a wall) in a changed direction, especially at right angles.

n.

1. an act or the action of returning.
   ▸ (also return match or game) a second contest between the same opponents.
   ▸a thing which has been returned, especially an unwanted ticket for an event.
2. (also return ticket) Brit. a ticket allowing travel to a place and back again.
3. (also returns) a profit from an investment.
4. an official report or statement submitted in response to a formal demand:
   census returns.
   ▸Law  an endorsement or report by a court officer or sheriff on a writ.
5. (also carriage return) a mechanism or key on a typewriter that returns the carriage to a fixed position at the start of a new line.
   ▸ (also return key) a key pressed on a computer keyboard to simulate a carriage return.
6. an electrical conductor bringing a current back to its source.
7. Architecture  a part receding from the line of the front, for example the side of a house or of a window opening.