come or go back to a place or person

he returned to America in the late autumn

give, put, or send (something) back to a place or person

complete the application form and return it to this address

yield or make (a profit)

the company returned a profit of £4.3 million

(of an electorate) elect (a person or party) to office

the city of Glasgow returned eleven Labour MPs

continue (a wall) in a changed direction, especially at right angles

an act of coming or going back to a place or activity

he celebrated his safe return from the war

a return flight

a profit from an investment

product areas are being developed to produce maximum returns

an official report or statement submitted in response to a formal demand

census returns

election to office

I campaigned for the return of forty-four MPs

a mechanism or key on a typewriter that returns the carriage to a fixed position at the start of a new line

a part receding from the line of the front, for example the side of a house or of a window opening