What part of speech is returns?

Returns can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. returns is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of return (infinitive).
  • 2. returns is a noun, plural of return.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does returns mean?

Definitions

Verb

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"
return - make a return; "return a kickback"
return - return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love"
return - submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"
return - bring back to the point of departure
return - return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure"
return - go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
return - 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"
return - pay back; "Please refund me my money"
return - answer back
return - give back; "render money"
return - 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"
return - elect again
return - go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
return - be restored; "Her old vigor returned"
return - pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"

Noun

return - a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"
return - the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
return - the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp"
return - a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got"
return - a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
return - (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
return - the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
return - a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
return - 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"
return - getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
return - happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring"
return - the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"
return - the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

Examples of returns

#   Sentence  
1. noun the stock circularisation initiated for close of business 23rd - with full reconciliation of returns to current system data by traffic/co-ordination an audit of the stock and forward valuation report for the 30th ( replacing planned 23rd review due to system issues ), requiring full download of contract detail for later reference.
2. noun Usage of product barcodes and smooth maintenance of inventory with proper recording of transactions like sale, purchase and returns was never easy before.
3. noun Election returns were what we had expected.
4. noun It will not be long before business returns to normal.
5. noun Tonight the King of Hell returns.
6. noun Many happy returns of the day! Happy birthday!
7. noun Many happy returns of the day!
8. noun I wonder if his tax returns will stand close examination.
9. noun Many people hire accountants to help them with their tax returns.
10. noun When do you have to file your income tax returns?
11. noun Many happy returns to all who bear the name of a flower!
12. noun Every night, she stays up until her husband returns home.
13. noun Man returns to his phylogenetic roots in panic situations.
14. noun Happiness shared returns many-fold, sadness shared comes back halved.
15. noun The spruce returns.
16. verb My suggestion is that Global Counterparty use the same name that the customer has signed on the EnronOnline Password Application -- my understanding is that the EnronOnline team returns inappropriate Applications to the customer until they are correctly completed.
17. verb In England, the cuckoo returns earlier.
18. verb It won't be long before he returns home.
19. verb I'm going to talk to Tom when he returns home.
20. verb I bow to the boss in greeting, and he returns my bow with a nod.
21. verb She will write to me as soon as she returns to her country.
22. verb As soon as he returns, I will tell you.
23. verb He reads 10 books when he returns to the house.
24. verb Tom always hugs his son when he returns from work.
25. verb The search for "river" returns a warning that the search is illegal on Chinese Internet these days.
26. verb When he returns from hunting, I will not speak with him.
27. verb I'll make him call you back just as he returns.
28. verb Ask Tom to call me as soon as he returns.
29. verb Tell me when he returns.
30. verb Here is a red spider, not so big as a pin's head. Can you imagine an elephant being interested in him—caring whether he is happy or isn't, or whether he is wealthy or poor, or whether his sweetheart returns his love or not, or whether his mother is sick or well, or whether he is looked up to in society or not, or whether his enemies will smite him or his friends desert him, or whether his hopes will suffer blight or his political ambitions fail, or whether he shall die in the bosom of his family or neglected and despised in a foreign land?
Sentence  
noun
the stock circularisation initiated for close of business 23rd - with full reconciliation of returns to current system data by traffic/co-ordination an audit of the stock and forward valuation report for the 30th ( replacing planned 23rd review due to system issues ), requiring full download of contract detail for later reference.
Usage of product barcodes and smooth maintenance of inventory with proper recording of transactions like sale, purchase and returns was never easy before.
Election returns were what we had expected.
It will not be long before business returns to normal.
Tonight the King of Hell returns.
Many happy returns of the day! Happy birthday!
Many happy returns of the day!
I wonder if his tax returns will stand close examination.
Many people hire accountants to help them with their tax returns.
When do you have to file your income tax returns?
Many happy returns to all who bear the name of a flower!
Every night, she stays up until her husband returns home.
Man returns to his phylogenetic roots in panic situations.
Happiness shared returns many-fold, sadness shared comes back halved.
The spruce returns.
verb
My suggestion is that Global Counterparty use the same name that the customer has signed on the EnronOnline Password Application -- my understanding is that the EnronOnline team returns inappropriate Applications to the customer until they are correctly completed.
In England, the cuckoo returns earlier.
It won't be long before he returns home.
I'm going to talk to Tom when he returns home.
I bow to the boss in greeting, and he returns my bow with a nod.
She will write to me as soon as she returns to her country.
As soon as he returns, I will tell you.
He reads 10 books when he returns to the house.
Tom always hugs his son when he returns from work.
The search for "river" returns a warning that the search is illegal on Chinese Internet these days.
When he returns from hunting, I will not speak with him.
I'll make him call you back just as he returns.
Ask Tom to call me as soon as he returns.
Tell me when he returns.
Here is a red spider, not so big as a pin's head. Can you imagine an elephant being interested in him—caring whether he is happy or isn't, or whether he is wealthy or poor, or whether his sweetheart returns his love or not, or whether his mother is sick or well, or whether he is looked up to in society or not, or whether his enemies will smite him or his friends desert him, or whether his hopes will suffer blight or his political ambitions fail, or whether he shall die in the bosom of his family or neglected and despised in a foreign land?

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