|Origin:||retourner, from tourner 'to turn'| to go or come back
to a place where you were before [= go back, come back]: ! In
spoken English it is more usual to use go/come back. It was
forty five minutes before she returned. Are you planning to
return to Spain? I have just returned from five months in
Zimbabwe. Alison decided to return home. He left his country,
never to return. to give or send something back, or to put
something back in its place [= give back, put back] ! In spoken
English it is more usual to use take/bring/give back. return
something to something/somebody Carson returned the notebook to
his pocket. I returned the books to the library unread. Please
complete the enclosed application form and return it in the
envelope attached. if a feeling, situation etc returns, it
starts to exist or happen again [= come back]: If the pain
returns, take two of the tablets with some water. David could
feel his anger returning. when peace finally returns to this
country to do something to someone because the