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return - a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return" |
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tennis shot,
tennis stroke the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket
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lawn tennis,
tennis a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court
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backhand,
backhand shot,
backhand stroke a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
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chop,
chop shot a grounder that bounces high in the air
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drive the act of applying force to propel something; "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
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dink,
drop shot a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids)
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forehand,
forehand shot,
forehand stroke (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
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get a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
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ground stroke a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once
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half volley a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces
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lob the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc
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overhead,
smash a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
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passing shot a tennis return that passes an opponent who has approached the net
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volley a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
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return - the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" |
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issue,
take,
takings,
proceeds,
yield,
payoff |
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income the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
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economic rent,
rent the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
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payback financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
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return - the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp" |
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motion,
move,
movement the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
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reentry the act of entering again
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remand the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)
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return - a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got" |
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group action action taken by a group of people
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payment,
requital the act of paying money
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retaliation,
revenge action taken in return for an injury or offense
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reciprocation alternating back-and-forth movement
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tit for tat an equivalent given in return
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return - a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party" |
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homecoming |
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arrival accomplishment of an objective
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repatriation the act of returning to the country of origin
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return - (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble |
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run,
running,
running game,
running play a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning"
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american football,
american football game a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays
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return - the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction |
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turn,
turning taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park"
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| verbo |
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return - 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" |
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go,
locomote,
move,
travel be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
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resurrect,
rise,
uprise cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"
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revisit visit again; "We revisited Rome after 25 years"
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retrace,
trace follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress"
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backtrack,
double back,
turn back retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
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cut back,
flash back return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story"
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home return home accurately from a long distance; "homing pigeons"
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go home,
head home return home; "After the movie, we went home"
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return submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"
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boomerang return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang
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bounce hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball"
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return - make a return; "return a kickback" |
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carry,
transport continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
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football,
football game any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
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return - return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love" |
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reciprocate alternate the direction of motion of; "the engine reciprocates the propeller"
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redound have an effect for good or ill; "Her efforts will redound to the general good"
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return - submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body" |
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subject,
submit make accountable for; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"
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report out return a bill after consideration and revision to a legislative body
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return - bring back to the point of departure |
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bring,
convey,
take bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
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return - return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure" |
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return submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"
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