return

/rɪˈtəːn/

US pronunciation

American sound/rɪˈtəːn/

rɪˈtəːn

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

rɪ - ˈtəːn -> return

Myanmar meaning

(v) ပြန်သွား (n) အပြန်

Full entry

return /rÇ'tɜ:n/ v

၁။ ~ (to…) (from…) ပြန်သည်။ ပြန်သွားသည်။ ပြန်လှည့်သည်။
return (home) from a trip ❍ They recently returned to Paris from London. ❍ His eyes returned to the headline. ❍ She returned to collect her umbrella.
၂။ ~ sth (to sth/ sb) ပြန်ပေးသည်။ ပြန်ပို့သည်။ ပြန်ထားသည်။ ပြန်ကြားသည်။ Please return this book to the library for me. ❍ She returned his pen. ❍ I returned the letter unopened. ❍ He never returned me my £5.
၃။ ပြန်ပေါ်လာ သည်။ ပြန်ဖြစ်သည်။ doubts/ suspicions/ symptoms that constantly return ❍ Tell me if the pain returns.
၄။ ~ to sth ပြန်ကောက်သည်။ I shall return to this point (ie discuss it again) later. ❍ They returned to the pre-1985 voting system. ❍ The bus service has returned to normal.
၅။ တုံ့ပြန်သည်။ return an invitation (ie send an invitation to sb who has previously sent an invitation to oneself) ❍ return a greeting/ stare/ compliment/ favour ❍ He could not return her love/ affection. ❍ The enemy returned (our) fire.
၆။ ပြန်ရိုက်ပို့သည်။ return a shot/ service/ volley.
၇။ (fml ) (ဂျူရီအဖွဲ့က) ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက် တင်သွင်းသည်။ (စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရေးအဖွဲ့က) တွေ့ရှိချက် တင်သွင်း သည်။ The inquest returned a verdict of accidental death.
၈။ ~ sb (to sth); ~ sb (as sth) (esp passive) ရွေးချယ်တင်မြှောက်ခြင်း ခံရသည်။ She was returned to Parliament with a decreased majority. ❍ He was returned unopposed as MP for Bath.
၉။ အမြတ်အစွန်းပေါ် သည်။ Our investment accounts return a high rate of interest.
n
၁။ [sing] ~ (to…) (from…) အပြန်။ ပြန်အလာ။ I was told the news on my return home (ie when I got back) (from Italy). ❍ on the return trip/ voyage/ flight ❍ I saw the play on its return to the Haymarket Theatre.
၂။ (Brit )(US round-trip ticket ) [C] အသွားအပြန် လက်မှတ်။ a weekend/ period return ❍ a day return to London (ie valid only for the day of issue). Compare SINGLE ၄
၃။ [U,C] ~ (to sb/ sth) ပြန်အပ်ခြင်း။ ပြန်ရိုက်ပို့ခြင်း။ We would appreciate the prompt return of all library books. ❍ The deposit is refunded on return of the vehicle. ❍ Her return of service (eg at tennis) was very accurate.
၄။ [sing] ~ (to sth) ပြန်ရောက်ခြင်း။ ပြန်လည်ခြင်း။ a return of my doubts/ suspicions/ symptoms ❍ his return to consciousness ❍ the return of spring ❍ a return to normal working hours/ old habits.
၅။ [C] ပြန်တမ်း။ complete one's income-tax return ❍ the election returns (ie the numbers of votes for each candidate at an election).
၆။ [C esp pl ] ~ (on sth) အမြတ်အစွန်း။ disappointing returns on capital/investment ❍ investors looking for quick returns ❍ You should get a good return on these shares.
၇။ [C] ပြန်သွင်းထားသော ပွဲလက်မှတ်။ queuing at the box office for returns.
❏ by return (of post) [IDM ] (Brit ) အပြန်စာပို့အမီ။ Please reply by return of post. ❍ Write now and we will send you a free sample by return.
❏ in return (for sth) [IDM ] ကျေးဇူးတုံ့ပြန်သောအားဖြင့်။ ပြန်ခြင်းခတ်သောအားဖြင့်။ အပြန်အလှန်အားဖြင့်။
I bought him a drink in return for his help.
❏ returnable /-ǝbl/ adj ပြန်သွင်းနိုင်သော။ ပြန်သွင်းရသော။ returnable bottles/ crates ❍ The deposit is not returnable.
❏ returnee /rÇ_'tɜ:'ni:/ n (US ) ပြည်တော်ပြန်။ Returnees were not punished for leaving the country.
❏ return fare n (Brit ) အသွားအပြန်လက်မှတ်ခ။ the return fare to Sydney.
❏ return game (also return match ) n စိတ်မကျေပွဲ။ ပြန်ယှဉ်ပွဲ။ They played a return match the following week.
❏ returning officer n (esp Brit ) မဲဆန္ဒနယ်အလိုက် ရွေးကောက်ပွဲ တာဝန်ခံ။
❏ return ticket (Brit )(US round-trip ticket ) n = RETURN n ၂

More examples

One day she just walked out and never returned.
[return to] : Be careful. We want you to return to base in one piece.
[return from] : And when do you return from Paris?
[return home] : He returned home around midnight.
I see that the good weather has returned.
If the nausea returns, take one of these pills.
[doubts/fears/suspicions return] : All my fears returned when I realized he’d gone to see her again.
She had to return the dress because it didn’t fit.
[return something to someone] : Please complete the questionnaire and return it to the personnel department.
I waved and called to her, and she returned my greeting.
I’m sorry I wasn’t able to return your phone call earlier.
[return the favour] : Thanks for helping me. I’ll try to return the favour some day.
[return someone’s fire] : As soon as we started shooting, the enemy returned our fire.
The £10, 000 she invested returned a handsome profit.
She usually returns serve very well.
[return someone to something] : The voters returned her to parliament last year.
[return someone to office] : It seems unlikely that the President will be returned to office.

Synonyms

go back, come back, revisit, go again, come again, account, accrual, accruement, acknowledgment, advantage, announce, answer, antiphon, appearance, arrival, arrive at, avail, back up, begin again, benefit, bestow, bounce back, bring in, carry back, cash in on, circle back, clean up, clear, come in, come to, comeback, coming, coming again, coming back, communicate, compensation, convey, declare, deliver, double back, earn, earnings, entrance, entry, form, gain, gate, give, give back, hand back, hark back to, homecoming, income, interest, inward, list, lucre, make, make a killing, make restitution, move back, net, occurrence, pass, pay, pay back, pay dividend, pay off, proceeds, profit, put back, react, reaction, reappear, reappearance, rebate, rebound, reciprocate, reciprocation, recoil, recoiling, recompense, recompensing, reconsider, record, recovery, recrudesce, recrudescence, recur, recurrence, reel back, reenter, reestablish, reestablishment, reexamine, refund, reimburse, reimbursement, reinsert, reinstate, reinstatement, rejoin, rejoinder, remit, render, reoccur, reoccurrence, repair, reparation, repay, repayment, repeat, replace, replacement, reply, report, repossession, requital, requite, reseat, respond, response, restitute, restitution, restoration, restore, restoring, results, resume, retaliate, retaliation, retire, retort, retrace steps, retreat, revenue, reversion, revert, revisitation, revolve, reward, riposte, roll back, rotate, score, send, send back, show profit, state, statement, submit, summary, tabulation, take, take back, takings, thrust back, toss back, transmit, turn

Antonyms

ask, be quiet, conceal, debt, deny, depart, departure, deprive, exit, face, fail, forfeiture, go, hide, hold, ignore, keep, leave, leaving, lose, loss, meet, pay, payment, penalty, question, refuse, remove, request, stay, stop, suppress, take, withhold