Definition of RETURNING

returning

Meanings

Plural: returnings

Verb

  • go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
  • give back
  • go back to a previous state
  • go back to something earlier
  • 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
  • present participle and gerund of return

Adjective Satellite

  • tending to return to an earlier state
  • tending to be turned back

Noun

  • The act of one who returns; a coming back.

Synonyms

bring back, come back, deliver, devolve, fall, generate, give, give back, hark back, pass, recall, reelect, refund, regress, rejoin, render, repay, retort, retrovert, return, reversive, revert, reverting, riposte, take back, turn back, yield

Scrabble Score: 10

returning is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
returning is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
returning is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

returning is a valid Words With Friends word