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verb
- go back to a previous state
- go back to something earlier
- go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
- give back
- bring back to the point of departure
- return in kind
- make a return
- answer back
- be restored
- pay back
- pass down
- elect again
- be inherited by
- return to a previous position; in mathematics
- give or supply
- submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
noun
- the act of going back to a prior location
- document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
- a coming to or returning home
- the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
- getting something back again
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- happening again (especially at regular intervals)
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
- a reciprocal group action
- a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
- (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
- the act of someone appearing again
verb
noun
- A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
- A withdrawal of military forces.
- The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
- An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
- A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
- An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.
- The strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime, or by totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.
adv
- Back (to a former place or state).
- Another time; once more.
- I ask again, I say again; used in repeating a question or statement.
- Over and above a factor of one.
- Moreover; besides; further.
- Here too, here also, in this case as well; used in applying a previously made point to a new instance; sometimes preceded by "here".
- Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember.
- Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion.
noun
- returning to a former state
- (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)
- (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
- a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
- turning in the opposite direction
- a failure to maintain a higher state
noun
- returning to a former state
- an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
- the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)
adj
- Capable of returning to the original state.
- Capable of proceeding in either direction.
- Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
- Providing sufficient reason for a court decision to be overturned on appeal.
- Able to be reversed.
- Able to be worn inside out.
noun
noun
adv
- In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
- At, near or towards the rear of something.
- Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state.
- In a reversed orientation; back to front.
- Toward or into the past;
- By way of reflection; reflexively.
- In a reversed order or sequence.
adj
- Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
- Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.
- Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
- Late or behindhand.
- Situated toward or at the rear of something.
- Lacking progressive or enlightened thought; outdated.
- On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
- Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
- Reluctant or unable to advance or act.
- Acting or moving in the direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing.
- Acting or moving oppositely to the desired direction of progress.
- Reversed in order or sequence.
- Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.
verb
- bring into a different state
- reach or come to rest
- cause to come to the ground
- bring ashore
- deliver (a blow)
- arrive on shore
- shoot at and force to come down
noun
- the land on which real estate is located
- material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- territory over which rule or control is exercised
- the solid part of the earth's surface
- the territory occupied by a nation
- a domain in which something is dominant
- extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
- the people who live in a nation or country
- a politically organized body of people under a single government
- agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
verb
- bring into a different state
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- cause to come into a particular state or condition
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- go or come after and bring or take back
- be accompanied by
- advance or set forth in court
- bestow a quality on
- be sold for a certain price
- attract the attention of
- induce or persuade
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noun
verb
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see step, back.
- To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.
- To prevent oneself from becoming emotionally involved in a certain situation.
- to depart driving the train following the train they arrived into the station driving, so as to decrease service turnaround time.
prep
- Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
- Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.
- Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.
- Indicates a quality or characteristic; "characterized by".
- Often used without the hour
- Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).
- Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.
- Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.
- Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.
- Introduces its subject matter; about, concerning.
- Indicates a given part.
- Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to.
- Used to indicate the material or substance used.
- Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.}}
- Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.
- Denotes the number of minutes before the hour;Before (the hour); to.
- During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
- From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
- Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of.
- Indicates the source or cause of the verb.
- Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.
- Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).
- Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.
- Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second; "which is also".
- Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment; "from among".
- Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
- Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this intersects with the subjective genitive, above under "agency" senses.)
- Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.
- Forming the "objective genitive".
- Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.
- Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.
- Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.
- Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives modified by certain common adverbs of degree.
- Introduces its subject matter.
- For (a given length of time).
- Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also 'Possession' senses below).}}
verb
- change from one state to another
- move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
- have a particular form
- move along, of liquids
- perform as expected when applied
- change or be different within limits
- run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way
- have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- be operating, running or functioning
- cause to perform
- be affected by; be subjected to
- continue to exist
- occur persistently
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- include as the content; broadcast or publicize
- conduct to completion
- pass over, across, or through
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- make without a miss
- deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor
- cause an animal to move fast
- be diffused
- sail before the wind
- cover by running; run a certain distance
- extend or continue for a certain period of time
- set animals loose to graze
- keep company
- run with the ball; in such sports as football
- travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
- travel a route regularly
- pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
- compete in a race
- progress by being changed
- reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating
- come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
- become undone
noun
- a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
- the act of testing something
- a race run on foot
- an unbroken series of events
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- a regular trip
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation
- unrestricted freedom to use
- the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- a small stream
- a race between candidates for elective office
- a row of unravelled stitches
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- an unbroken chronological sequence
- a short trip
noun
- a final state
- either extremity of something that has length
- the point in time at which something ends
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- a final part or section
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
- a boundary marking the extremities of something
- one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
- the part you are expected to play
- the last section of a communication
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
verb
noun
- The act of restoring something to an earlier state.
- A thing that has been reconstructed or restored to an earlier state.
- A result of linguistic reconstruction; a model representing an unattested linguistic unit: a phoneme, a morpheme or a word.
- A result of an attempt to understand in detail how a certain result or event occurred.
noun
- a state at a particular time
- an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')
- an illness, disease, or other medical problem
- (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
- the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
verb
- put into a better state
- establish a conditioned response
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny
verb
- To remain in a state.
- To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
- To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
- To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
- To remain edible or otherwise usable.
- To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
- To raise; to care for.
- To have habitually in stock for sale.
- To act as wicket-keeper.
- To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
- To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
- To restrain.
- To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
- To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
- To maintain possession of.
- To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
- To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
- To continue.
noun
noun
- the starting point for a new state or experience
- the smallest detectable sensation
- the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
- the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
- a region marking a boundary
verb
- go back to something earlier
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- bring to mind
- summon to return
- cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
- make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
- cause to be returned
noun
- a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
- a call to return
- a bugle call that signals troops to return
- the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
- the act of removing an official by petition
verb
- To switch between alternate states.
- To fix like a toggle iron; to fix fast.
- To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.
noun
- A fastener that has flaps that align vertically to penetrate a surface and then spread out to secure the fastener in position, e.g. a molly bolt.
- A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.
- A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.
- A horizontal piece of wood that is placed on a door, flat, or other wooden structure, but is not on one of the edges of the structure.
- An appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.
- A loop of webbing or a dowel affixed to the end of the steering/brake lines of a parachute providing the pilot with a means of control.
- A toggle switch.
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