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Results for: "return"

Translating from English to Welsh

Translations:

return — to come or go back
→ dychwelyd
return — to give something back
→ adfer
→ edfryd
return — act of returning
→ dychwelyd m
→ dychweliad m

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (13)

1. document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability;
- Example: "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return"
[syn: tax return, income tax return, return]

2. a coming to or returning home;
- Example: "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party"
[syn: return, homecoming]

3. the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction;
[syn: return, coming back]

4. getting something back again;
- Example: "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"
[syn: restitution, return, restoration, regaining]

5. the act of going back to a prior location;
- Example: "they set out on their return to the base camp"

6. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property;
- Example: "the average return was about 5%"
[syn: return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff]

7. happening again (especially at regular intervals);
- Example: "the return of spring"
[syn: recurrence, return]

8. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one);
- Example: "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
[syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter]

9. the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed;
[syn: return key, return]

10. a reciprocal group action;
- Example: "in return we gave them as good as we got"
[syn: return, paying back, getting even]

11. a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player;
- Example: "he won the point on a cross-court return"

12. (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble;

13. the act of someone appearing again;
- Example: "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited"
[syn: reappearance, return]


VERB (16)

1. go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before;
- Example: "return to your native land"
- Example: "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"

2. give back;
- Example: "render money"
[syn: render, return]

3. go back to a previous state;
- Example: "We reverted to the old rules"
[syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back]

4. go back to something earlier;
- Example: "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
[syn: hark back, return, come back, recall]

5. bring back to the point of departure;
[syn: return, take back, bring back]

6. return in kind;
- Example: "return a compliment"
- Example: "return her love"

7. make a return;
- Example: "return a kickback"

8. answer back;
[syn: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin]

9. be restored;
- Example: "Her old vigor returned"
[syn: come back, return]

10. pay back;
- Example: "Please refund me my money"
[syn: refund, return, repay, give back]

11. pass down;
- Example: "render a verdict"
- Example: "deliver a judgment"
[syn: render, deliver, return]

12. elect again;
[syn: reelect, return]

13. be inherited by;
- Example: "The estate fell to my sister"
- Example: "The land returned to the family"
- Example: "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
[syn: fall, return, pass, devolve]

14. return to a previous position; in mathematics;
- Example: "The point returned to the interior of the figure"

15. give or supply;
- Example: "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"
- Example: "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"
- Example: "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
[syn: render, yield, return, give, generate]

16. submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority;
- Example: "submit a bill to a legislative body"