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Word entry · 6 letters

return

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"Give back"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈtɜːn/Part of speech noun, verbSorted enrrtuStarts with REnds with N2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To come or go back; also to give, send, or bring back.

Word origin

From Middle English returnen, retornen, from Anglo-Norman returner, from Old French retourner, retorner, from Medieval Latin retornare (“to turn back”), from re- + tornare (“to turn”). By surface analysis, re- + turn. Compare beturn.

Used in a sentence

  • Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.
  • “I came through and I shall return,” General MacArthur declared when he spoke at Terowie of the beleagured Philippines.
  • To return to my story[…]

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Give back6 letters
02Come back6 letters

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