Definitions for returning
re·turn·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. returning, revertingadjective

   tending to return to an earlier state

2. returning(a), reversiveadjective

   tending to be turned back

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. returning

   In retail, a product return is the process of a customer taking previously purchased merchandise back to the retailer, and in turn receiving a refund in the original form of payment, exchange for another item (identical or different), or a store credit.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. returning

   Returning generally refers to the act of coming or going back to a place or situation. It can also mean giving something back to its original holder or place. In computer programming, returning refers to the process of ending execution of the current function and resuming it at the point in the code immediately following where the function was called.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Returning

   of Return

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'returning' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2966

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce returning?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say returning in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of returning in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of returning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of returning in a Sentence

1. Junichi Ishikawa:

   Risk appetite is returning at a faster pace than expected, thanks to the temporary pull back in Russia risk and a well balanced statement from the Fed last week.

2. Chris Williamson:

   Having enjoyed a mini-boom from consumers returning after the relaxation of pandemic restrictions, many services firms are now seeing households increasingly struggle with the rising cost of living, with producers of non-essential goods seeing a similar drop in orders.

3. Malcolm Knapp:

   When people work, they eat out more often. Fast-food chains are the first to benefit because (people entering or returning to the workforce) are going to go for the more affordable stuff, it's hard to screw up breakfast ... everything goes well with bacon.

4. Brian Deese:

   On both taxes and level of public investment, we are returning to levels( and) structures reflected in past periods of progress, the element that is more transformational is the focus on doing public investment in a way that supports everyone.

5. Alexandra Lo Re:

   The vaccine has been touted as our ticket back to a' normal' society. Many people, however, are anxious about returning to a' normal' society, probably because that idea simply is not possible, we will never return to a world where Covid-19 does not exist.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=returning
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Returning
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/returning
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=returning