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return

return

Meaning of return

come back

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EN-UK/tə rɪˈtɜːn/
EN-US/rɪˈtɝn/
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return with Russian translation

return usage examples

🇷🇺RU🇬🇧EN

Каждую весну многие покупатели возвращаются в бутик за новой коллекцией.

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

🇷🇺RU🇬🇧EN

После зимы гости часто возвращаются в приморский отель летом.

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

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return belongs to the topic "In a Clothing Store". Start with a short 7-word set so the word is easier to remember in context.

returnвозвращаться
shirtрубашка
skirtюбка
pantsбрюки
trousersбрюки
jeansджинсы
shortsшорты

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Related words worth learning together

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.
give back
Means to return something to its owner; transitive and often used for possessions.
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🇬🇧en

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

B1Very Often

She came back from holiday yesterday.

G
🇬🇧en
go back

Emphasizes movement back to a previous place; intransitive.

B1Very Often

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

H
🇬🇧en
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.

🇬🇧en

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.

🇬🇧en

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

B1Often

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

T
🇬🇧en
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.

T
🇬🇧en
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.

G
🇬🇧en
go home

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

B1Very Often

I'm tired — I'm going home.

C
🇬🇧en
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?

🇬🇧en

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.

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How to pronounce return and what this word means

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

how to pronounce return

/tə rɪˈtɜːn/

return translation

return

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 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 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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