RETURNINGの意味

RETURNING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary Meaning of returning in English returning Add to word list Add to word list present participle of return return verb uk Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / rɪˈtɜːn / us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / rɪˈtɝːn / return verb ( GO BACK ) A2 [ I ] to come or go back to a previous place : return to Odysseus returned home /returned to his home after many years of travelling . She left South Africa at the age of 15 and has never returned. [ + to infinitive ] David returned ( from work ) to find his house had burned down. return to something/doing something C1 If people or things return to a previous condition , they go back to that condition : Within a week , the situation had returned to normal . B2 If you return to an activity or subject , you start doing it or talking about it again: Gandhi encouraged Indians to return to spinning their own yarn . See more Escape from this window and return to the main menu . He was paged at the airport and told to return home immediately . He returned in triumph from the sales with a half-price stereo system . These animals always return to the same breeding ground . The opposition leader returned to a hero's welcome after seven years in exile . Returning to a place call call back phrasal verb come back phrasal verb come home double double back phrasal verb get back phrasal verb make it home non-refoulement not darken someone's door idiom re-emerge re-emergence resume retrace retrace your steps phrase returned returnee snap turn U-turn See more results » return verb ( EXCHANGE ) C1 [ T ] to give, do, or get something after something similar has been given or done to you: to return an invitation / greeting I returned his stare . return the favour I gave her a ride when her car broke down and now she is returning the favour (= doing something to help me in exchange ) . return fire The terrorists started shooting and the police returned fire (= started shooting back) . T to reply to someone's question or request : His representatives did not return a request for comment . She hadn't returned their earlier queries because, she said, she had already explained herself clearly . to give a particular amount of profit : My investments return a high rate of interest . She returned his smile . I'm sorry I didn't return your phone call earlier . Rosie looked at Rob, who returned her curious glance . If you look after Lucy this morning I can return the favour next week and take Evie off your hands for a few hours . Taylor has praised her skill in dealing with the situation and Churchill returns the compliment . Reciprocating another each other give and take it takes two to tango idiom mutual mutually non-reciprocal one another phrase one good turn deserves another idiom ping-pong reciprocally reciprocate reciprocation reciprocity requite return scratch turn two you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours idiom See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Answering & responding Interest & capital Profits & losses return verb ( PUT/BRING BACK ) A2 [ T ] to send , take, give, put, etc. something back to where it came from: return something to something The new TV broke so they returned it to the shop . He returned two books he had borrowed from me in 2003. She carefully returned the book to its place on the shelf . [ T usually passive ] to bring someone back from somewhere : We're all hoping that Jill will be returned safely to her family . [ T ] in sports such as tennis , to hit the ball back to your opponent [ T ] in football , to catch a punted or kicked ball and carry it back towards the opponent's goal : He caught the punt in the end zone and returned it for 25 yards . The interception was returned for a touchdown . Please return the completed form at your earliest convenience . She demanded that he return the books he borrowed from her. You pay a deposit of 10p on the bottle , which you get back when you return the empty bottle . She was disappointed to see her essay returned with a mass of corrections in red ink . A date stamp inside the front cover of a library book shows when it should be returned. Giving, bringing or getting back bring bring something back phrasal verb chargeback claw something back phrasal verb giver recover recovery redeem refund regain regain consciousness regrow reintroduce reintroduction reversionary send send something back phrasal verb syndication take something back phrasal verb turn See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Sharing Tennis & racket sports American football return verb ( HAPPEN AGAIN ) B2 [ I ] to happen again: You must go to the doctor if the pain returns. When the good weather returns we'll go back there. If these feelings return I shall know how to deal with them. He'd had some problems with his health which returned this year . If the sick feeling returns, take these tablets . I've kept some medication in case the pain returns. Occurring and happening afoot asynchronous asynchronously attend attendant be at work idiom crop ensue ensuing eventuate fall into place idiom fall on someone phrasal verb go off phrasal verb gone resynchronization resynchronize roll roll around phrasal verb shake out phrasal verb succeed See more results » return verb ( DECIDE ) return a verdict/sentence law specialized to decide and say if you think someone is guilty or not guilty , or what punishment the person will be given in a court of law : return a verdict/sentence of The jury returned a verdict of not guilty . See more return an indictment law US specialized to formally accuse someone of something in a court of law : His case will proceed to a grand jury , which must decide whether to return an indictment . See more [ T ] UK to elect someone to be a member of parliament , or to another political job : It was expected that he would be returned as premier . Elections absentee absentee ballot absentee vote absentee voter absentee voting enfranchisement entrance poll exit poll exit polling first past the post presidential presidential debate presidential primary presiding officer primary vote buying vote of no confidence vote something down phrasal verb vote something through phrasal verb vote-getter See more results » Related word returnable (Definition of returning from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of returning returning In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Returning to our original question, we must consider possible psychological mediators of hierarchy disruption. From the Cambridge English Corpus As a result, returning refugees introduced new power objects that they carried with them from the localities where they had found refuge. From the Cambridge English Corpus Soldiers on leave and veterans returning home undoubtedly passed on their knowledge and experiences to the rest of the population. From the Cambridge English Corpus For the most part, the returning soldiers were welcomed home warmly. From the Cambridge English Corpus A group of 27 older adults in inpatient rehabilitation were interviewed during the programme and after returning home. From the Cambridge English Corpus This comment about ' returning to normal ageing ' is very interesting. From the Cambridge English Corpus For each of the six trials, children were asked to predict the returning character's false belief. From the Cambridge English Corpus This represents an independent evolution of spectral diversity in response to selection after returning to a diurnal lifestyle. From the Cambridge English Corpus These workers have few workplace protections and the option of returning to public assistance is unavailable if they have exhausted their lifetime cap. From the Cambridge English Corpus The scene cuts from his bedside to what is evidently a flashback - some kind of traumatic memory is returning to his (altered) consciousness. From the Cambridge English Corpus Sometimes they would leave quite early in the morning to meet returning migrants. From the Cambridge English Corpus In other words, holding pre-existing individual and environmental attributes constant, merely going to the polls increases one's chance of returning . From the Cambridge English Corpus Upon returning to the stationary frame of reference, these cells are precisely the viscous vortices oscillating to and fro high above the ripples. From the Cambridge English Corpus That personal vocal directness is now returning via the microphone. From the Cambridge English Corpus This is largely because those who consider visiting their old countries for a period of six months or more may be prevented from returning . From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. 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