Definition of Returning

Adjective: returning ri'tur-ning

Verb: return ri'turn

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"
Give back
"return money";
- render
Go back to a previous state
"We returned to the old rules";
- revert, retrovert, regress, turn back
Go back to something earlier
"This returns to a previous remark of his";
- hark back, come back, recall
Bring back to the point of departure
- take back, bring back
Return in kind
"return a compliment"; "return her love"
(football) make a return
"return a kickback"
Respond in a quick, clever or humorous way
- retort, come back, repay, riposte, rejoin
Be restored
"Her old vigour returned";
- come back
Pay back
- refund, repay, give back
Pass down
"return a verdict";
- render, deliver
Elect again
- reelect
Be inherited by
"The land returned to the family";
- fall, pass, devolve
Give or supply
"The estate returns some revenue for the family";
- render, yield, give, generate
Submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority