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Term: return

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "return": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

return

Definitions

Noun

  1. Document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
  2. A coming to or returning home
  3. The occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
  4. Getting something back again
  5. The act of going back to a prior location
  6. The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
  7. Happening again (especially at regular intervals)
  8. A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
  9. The key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
  10. A reciprocal group action
  11. A tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
  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

Verb

  1. Go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
  2. Give back
  3. Go back to a previous state
  4. Go back to something earlier
  5. Bring back to the point of departure
  6. Return in kind
  7. Make a return
  8. Answer back
  9. Be restored
  10. Pay back
  11. Pass down
  12. Elect again
  13. Be inherited by
  14. Return to a previous position; in mathematics
  15. Give or supply
  16. Submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "return".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 return 2 180
2 returned 2 115
3 returning 3 35
4 returns 2 34
5 returnable 4 0
6 returnee 3 0
7 returnees 3 0
8 returns' 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "return".

# Word Syllables Freq

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "return".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 turn 1 233
2 returned 2 115
3 restaurant 3 41
4 turns 1 38
5 returning 3 35
6 returns 2 34
7 turin 2 2
8 returns' 2 0
9 returnee 3 0
10 returnees 3 0
11 reyburn 2 0
12 retrain 2 0
13 redburn 2 0
14 raeburn 2 0
15 returnable 4 0
16 thurn 1 0
17 sturn 1 0
18 retry 2 0
19 retro 2 0
20 retin 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "return" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 return to 1 7
2 return for 1 5

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "return" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 to return 1 6
2 in return 1 6
3 his return 1 2

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "return" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 born 1 2
2 recently 3 2
3 forms 1 2
4 get 1 2
5 marx 1 2
6 compensation 4 2
7 data 2 2
8 phoenicians 3 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "return".

# Word Syllables Freq

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Term

Definitions: 29

Fragments: 8

Sound Alikes: 0

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 2

Words that Precede: 3

Statistically Associated: 8

Consonant Matches: 0

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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