returning

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returning

/ɹɪˈtɜːnɪŋ/ UK
/ɹɪˈtɝnɪŋ/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of return

noun returnings

The act of one who returns; a coming back. It was a time of returnings. Soldiers everywhere returned home to try to piece together the broken fragments of shattered lives.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: reversive, regressive, backward, reverting, retour, comeback, recovering, restoration, redux, re-entry, reentry, refund, refoulement, callback, reversion, revert

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"returning." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/returning.

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@misc{returning_2026,
  title = {returning},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/returning},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}