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return
/tə rɪˈtɜːn/

return

🇺🇸 American English
/rɪˈtɝn/
🇬🇧 British English
/tə rɪˈtɜːn/
Meaning of return

come back

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Pronunciation/tə rɪˈtɜːn/
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When to use return

return home

kembali ke rumah

return soon

segera kembali

return later

kembali nanti

return safely

kembali dengan selamat

return to work

kembali bekerja

return usage examples

🇮🇩Indonesian🇬🇧English

Many shoppers return to the boutique every spring for the new collection.

🇮🇩Indonesian🇬🇧English

After winter, guests often return to the seaside hotel for the summer.

Similar words

return

Neutral, standard verb meaning to come or go back, or to give something back (context determines transitivity).

come back

Emphasizes coming back to the place where the speaker (or reference point) is; intransitive.

go back

Emphasizes movement back to a previous place; intransitive.

head back

Informal phrase meaning to start moving back toward a place; often used for people.

bring back

Focuses on carrying or causing something to return to a place; transitive.

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returnkembali
shirtkemeja
skirtrok
pantscelana
trouserscelana panjang
jeansjeans
shortscelana pendek

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Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between return / come back / go back / head back / bring back / give back

🇬🇧English
return

Neutral, standard verb meaning to come or go back, or to give something back (context determines transitivity).

B1Very Often

I need to return to the office after lunch.

Мне нужно вернуться в офис после обеда.

🇬🇧English

Emphasizes coming back to the place where the speaker (or reference point) is; intransitive.

B1Very Often

She came back from holiday yesterday.

Она вернулась из отпуска вчера.

G
🇬🇧English
go back

Emphasizes movement back to a previous place; intransitive.

B1Very Often

I have to go back to the hotel for my passport.

Мне нужно вернуться в отель за паспортом.

H
🇬🇧English
head back

Informal phrase meaning to start moving back toward a place; often used for people.

B1Often

It's late — we should head back now.

Поздно — нам стоит возвращаться сейчас.

🇬🇧English

Focuses on carrying or causing something to return to a place; transitive.

B1Often

Can you bring back my shirt to the shop? It doesn't fit.

Можешь вернуть мою рубашку в магазин? Она не подходит.

🇬🇧English

Means to return something to its owner; transitive and often used for possessions.

B1Often

Please give back the dress if it doesn't fit.

Пожалуйста, верни платье, если оно не подходит.

T
🇬🇧English
take back

Can mean to reclaim or remove something previously given; also used idiomatically to retract a statement.

B1Often

The store agreed to take back the trousers.

Магазин согласился принять брюки обратно.

T
🇬🇧English
turn back

Often implies reversing direction or abandoning a forward course to return; can be literal or figurative.

B1Often

When the road was blocked, they had to turn back.

Когда дорога была перекрыта, им пришлось повернуть назад.

G
🇬🇧English
go home

Specifies returning to one's home; narrower than general 'return'.

B1Very Often

I'm tired — I'm going home.

Я устал — я иду домой.

C
🇬🇧English
come home

Means to return to one's home (with nuance of arrival at listener's reference point).

B1Very Often

When did you come home last night?

Когда ты пришёл домой прошлой ночью?

🇬🇧English

To appear again; stresses becoming visible or present again rather than the act of going back to a place.

B2Rarely

After the storm the sun reappeared.

После шторма снова появилось солнце.

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How to pronounce return and what this word means

return translation: возвращаться. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce return

/tə rɪˈtɜːn/

return translation

возвращаться

return examples

Many shoppers return to the boutique every spring for the new collection.

return transcription

/tə rɪˈtɜːn/, /rɪˈtɝn/

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return meaning: what does it mean?

come back

return pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

return is pronounced as /tə rɪˈtɜːn/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

return definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

Many shoppers return to the boutique every spring for the new collection. Translation: Каждую весну многие покупатели возвращаются в бутик за новой коллекцией.

Is return part of In a Clothing Store vocabulary?

Yes, return (возвращаться) can be learned in the In a Clothing Store topic. This semantic link helps build related word lists and topic-based practice.

Is return part of Clothing and Fashion vocabulary?

Yes, return (возвращаться) can be learned in the Clothing and Fashion topic. This semantic link helps build related word lists and topic-based practice.

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