| return | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. income tax return, return, tax return | document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability.; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return" |
| ~ legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right. |
| ~ amended return | a tax return that corrects the information in an earlier return. |
| ~ declaration of estimated tax, estimated tax return | return required of a taxpayer whose tax withheld from income does not meet the tax liability for the year. |
| ~ false return | an incorrect income tax return. |
| ~ information return | a return that provides information to the tax collector but does not compute the tax liability. |
| ~ joint return | a return filed by a husband and wife. |
| n. (act) | 2. homecoming, return | a coming to or returning home.; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party" |
| ~ arrival | the act of arriving at a certain place.; "they awaited her arrival" |
| ~ repatriation | the act of returning to the country of origin. |
| n. (event) | 3. coming back, return | the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction. |
| ~ turning, turn | a movement in a new direction.; "the turning of the wind" |
| n. (act) | 4. regaining, restitution, restoration, return | getting something back again.; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" |
| ~ acquisition | the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something.; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another" |
| ~ clawback | finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way.; "the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received" |
| n. (act) | 5. return | the act of going back to a prior location.; "they set out on their return to the base camp" |
| ~ movement, move, motion | the act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" |
| ~ reentry | the act of entering again. |
| ~ remand | the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial). |
| n. (possession) | 6. issue, payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property.; "the average return was about 5%" |
| ~ income | the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time. |
| ~ economic rent, rent | the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions. |
| ~ payback | financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment). |
| n. (event) | 7. recurrence, return | happening again (especially at regular intervals).; "the return of spring" |
| ~ repeat, repetition | an event that repeats.; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's" |
| ~ atavism, throwback, reversion | a reappearance of an earlier characteristic. |
| ~ flashback | an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier). |
| n. (communication) | 8. comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, return, riposte | a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one).; "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" |
| ~ back talk, backtalk, sass, sassing, lip, mouth | an impudent or insolent rejoinder.; "don't give me any of your sass" |
| ~ reply, response | the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange.; "he growled his reply" |
| n. (artifact) | 9. return, return key | the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed. |
| ~ key | a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed. |
| n. (act) | 10. getting even, paying back, return | a reciprocal group action.; "in return we gave them as good as we got" |
| ~ group action | action taken by a group of people. |
| ~ requital, payment | an act of requiting; returning in kind. |
| ~ retaliation, revenge | action taken in return for an injury or offense. |
| ~ reciprocation | the act of making or doing something in return. |
| ~ tit for tat | an equivalent given in return. |
| n. (act) | 11. return | a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player.; "he won the point on a cross-court return" |
| ~ lawn tennis, tennis | a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court. |
| ~ tennis shot, tennis stroke | the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket. |
| ~ backhand, backhand shot, backhand stroke | a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke. |
| ~ chop shot, chop | a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball. |
| ~ drive | (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash). |
| ~ drop shot, dink | a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net. |
| ~ forehand, forehand shot, forehand stroke | (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash). |
| ~ get | a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent. |
| ~ ground stroke | a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once. |
| ~ half volley | a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces. |
| ~ lob | an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc. |
| ~ smash, overhead | a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head. |
| ~ passing shot | a tennis return that passes an opponent who has approached the net. |
| ~ volley | a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces. |
| n. (act) | 12. return | (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble. |
| ~ american football, american football game | a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays. |
| ~ running, running game, running play, run | (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team.; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" |
| n. (act) | 13. reappearance, return | the act of someone appearing again.; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited" |
| ~ appearance | the act of appearing in public view.; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America" |
| ~ comeback | return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity. |
| v. (motion) | 14. return | go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before.; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean" |
| ~ resurrect, uprise, rise | return from the dead.; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ revisit | visit again.; "We revisited Rome after 25 years" |
| ~ retrace, trace | to go back over again.; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path" |
| ~ backtrack, double back, turn back | retrace one's course.; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back" |
| ~ cut back, flash back | return in time.; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story" |
| ~ home | return home accurately from a long distance.; "homing pigeons" |
| ~ go home, head home | return home.; "After the movie, we went home" |
| ~ return | return to a previous position; in mathematics.; "The point returned to the interior of the figure" |
| ~ boomerang | return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang. |
| ~ bounce | come back after being refused.; "the check bounced" |
| v. (possession) | 15. render, return | give back.; "render money" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ feed back, resubmit | submit (information) again to a program or automatic system. |
| v. (change) | 16. regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back | go back to a previous state.; "We reverted to the old rules" |
| ~ recidivate, relapse, retrogress, lapse, regress, fall back | go back to bad behavior.; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" |
| ~ change by reversal, reverse, turn | change to the contrary.; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" |
| ~ resile | return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed.; "The rubber tubes resile" |
| ~ recuperate, go back, recover | regain a former condition after a financial loss.; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" |
| v. (communication) | 17. come back, hark back, recall, return | go back to something earlier.; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" |
| ~ denote, refer | have as a meaning.; "`multi-' denotes `many' " |
| ~ go back, recur | return in thought or speech to something. |
| v. (motion) | 18. bring back, return, take back | bring back to the point of departure. |
| ~ bring, convey, take | take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" |
| v. (possession) | 19. return | return in kind.; "return a compliment"; "return her love" |
| ~ redound | return or recoil.; "Fame redounds to the heroes" |
| ~ reciprocate | act, feel, or give mutually or in return.; "We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!" |
| v. (contact) | 20. return | make a return.; "return a kickback" |
| ~ football, football game | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal. |
| ~ carry, transport | move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body.; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river" |
| v. (communication) | 21. come back, rejoin, repay, retort, return, riposte | answer back. |
| ~ answer, reply, respond | react verbally.; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" |
| v. (change) | 22. come back, return | be restored.; "Her old vigor returned" |
| ~ re-emerge, reappear | appear again.; "The sores reappeared on her body"; "Her husband reappeared after having left her years ago" |
| v. (possession) | 23. give back, refund, repay, return | pay back.; "Please refund me my money" |
| ~ pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" |
| ~ reimburse | pay back for some expense incurred.; "Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?" |
| ~ restitute, restore | give or bring back.; "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner" |
| v. (communication) | 24. deliver, render, return | pass down.; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" |
| ~ communicate, pass along, put across, pass on, pass | transmit information.; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" |
| v. (social) | 25. reelect, return | elect again. |
| ~ elect | select by a vote for an office or membership.; "We elected him chairman of the board" |
| v. (possession) | 26. devolve, fall, pass, return | be inherited by.; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" |
| ~ change hands, change owners | be transferred to another owner.; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year" |
| ~ light, fall | fall to somebody by assignment or lot.; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" |
| ~ accrue, fall | come into the possession of.; "The house accrued to the oldest son" |
| v. (motion) | 27. return | return to a previous position; in mathematics.; "The point returned to the interior of the figure" |
| ~ return | go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before.; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean" |
| v. (creation) | 28. generate, give, render, return, yield | give or supply.; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" |
| ~ produce, create, make | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| ~ yield, give | cause to happen or be responsible for.; "His two singles gave the team the victory" |
| ~ establish, give | bring about.; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" |
| v. (communication) | 29. return | submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority.; "submit a bill to a legislative body" |
| ~ submit, subject | refer for judgment or consideration.; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court" |
| ~ report out | return a bill after consideration and revision to a legislative body. |
| render | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. render | a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls. |
| ~ stucco | a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces. |
| v. (change) | 2. render | cause to become.; "The shot rendered her immobile" |
| ~ make, get | give certain properties to something.; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" |
| v. (possession) | 3. furnish, provide, render, supply | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| ~ hydrate | supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance.; "the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently" |
| ~ charge | energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge.; "I need to charge my car battery" |
| ~ date | provide with a dateline; mark with a date.; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated" |
| ~ feed | feed into; supply.; "Her success feeds her vanity" |
| ~ calk | provide with calks.; "calk horse shoes" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ fund | provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest. |
| ~ stint, scant, skimp | supply sparingly and with restricted quantities.; "sting with the allowance" |
| ~ terrace, terrasse | provide (a house) with a terrace.; "We terrassed the country house" |
| ~ dado | provide with a dado.; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room" |
| ~ innervate | supply nerves to (some organ or body part). |
| ~ offer | make available or accessible, provide or furnish.; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms" |
| ~ signalise, signalize | provide with traffic signals.; "signalize a busy intersection" |
| ~ extend, offer | make available; provide.; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" |
| ~ stock | provide or furnish with a stock of something.; "stock the larder with meat" |
| ~ buy in, stock up, stock | amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use.; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low" |
| ~ caption | provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing. |
| ~ tube | provide with a tube or insert a tube into. |
| ~ ticket | provide with a ticket for passage or admission.; "Ticketed passengers can board now" |
| ~ stock | supply with livestock.; "stock a farm" |
| ~ stock | supply with fish.; "stock a lake" |
| ~ rim | furnish with a rim.; "rim a hat" |
| ~ fret | provide (a musical instrument) with frets.; "fret a guitar" |
| ~ step | furnish with steps.; "The architect wants to step the terrace" |
| ~ rail | provide with rails.; "The yard was railed" |
| ~ grate | furnish with a grate.; "a grated fireplace" |
| ~ capitalise, capitalize | supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders. |
| ~ alphabetize | provide with an alphabet.; "Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages" |
| ~ wharf | provide with a wharf.; "Wharf the mouth of the river" |
| ~ air-cool, air-condition | equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature.; "Our house is not air-conditioned" |
| ~ uniform | provide with uniforms.; "The guards were uniformed" |
| ~ railroad | supply with railroad lines.; "railroad the West" |
| ~ partner | provide with a partner. |
| ~ bewhisker, whisker | furnish with whiskers.; "a whiskered jersey" |
| ~ subtitle | supply (a movie) with subtitles. |
| ~ headline | provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline. |
| ~ match | provide funds complementary to.; "The company matched the employees' contributions" |
| ~ hobnail | supply with hobnails. |
| ~ wive | provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife. |
| ~ victual | supply with food.; "The population was victualed during the war" |
| ~ cloy, surfeit | supply or feed to surfeit. |
| ~ heat | provide with heat.; "heat the house" |
| ~ seat | provide with seats.; "seat a concert hall" |
| ~ seat | put a seat on a chair. |
| ~ ramp | furnish with a ramp.; "The ramped auditorium" |
| ~ arm | supply with arms.; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan" |
| ~ interleave | provide (books) with blank leaves. |
| ~ glass, glaze | furnish with glass.; "glass the windows" |
| ~ crenel, crenelate, crenellate | supply with battlements. |
| ~ causeway | provide with a causeway.; "A causewayed swamp" |
| ~ canal, canalise, canalize | provide (a city) with a canal. |
| ~ bush | provide with a bushing. |
| ~ brattice | supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines. |
| ~ furnish | provide or equip with furniture.; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style" |
| ~ slat | equip or bar with slats.; "Slat the windows" |
| ~ berth | provide with a berth. |
| ~ bed | furnish with a bed.; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals" |
| ~ computerise, computerize | provide with computers.; "Our office is fully computerized now" |
| ~ costume | furnish with costumes; as for a film or play. |
| ~ bottom | provide with a bottom or a seat.; "bottom the chairs" |
| ~ rafter | provide (a ceiling) with rafters. |
| ~ tool | furnish with tools. |
| ~ key | provide with a key.; "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building" |
| ~ fuel | provide with a combustible substance that provides energy.; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars" |
| ~ provision, purvey | supply with provisions. |
| ~ yield, afford, give | be the cause or source of.; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" |
| ~ equip, fit out, outfit, fit | provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose.; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" |
| ~ transistorise, transistorize | equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors. |
| ~ upholster | provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers. |
| ~ cleat | provide with cleats.; "cleat running shoes for better traction" |
| ~ coal | supply with coal. |
| ~ corbel | furnish with a corbel. |
| ~ cornice | furnish with a cornice. |
| ~ constitutionalize | provide with a constitution, as of a country.; "The United States were constitutionalized in the late 18th century" |
| ~ copper-bottom | provide with a copper bottom.; "copper-bottom a frying pan" |
| ~ curtain | provide with drapery.; "curtain the bedrooms" |
| ~ gate | supply with a gate.; "The house was gated" |
| ~ index | provide with an index.; "index the book" |
| ~ articulate, joint | provide with a joint.; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood" |
| ~ pour | supply in large amounts or quantities.; "We poured money into the education of our children" |
| ~ pump | supply in great quantities.; "Pump money into a project" |
| ~ fuel, fire | provide with fuel.; "Oil fires the furnace" |
| ~ oversupply, glut, flood | supply with an excess of.; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient" |
| ~ toggle | provide with a toggle or toggles. |
| ~ patch | provide with a patch; also used metaphorically.; "The field was patched with snow" |
| ~ water | provide with water.; "We watered the buffalo" |
| ~ leverage | provide with leverage.; "We need to leverage this company" |
| ~ tap | furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it.; "tap a cask of wine" |
| ~ top out, top | provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure).; "the towers were topped with conical roofs" |
| ~ reflectorise, reflectorize | provide with reflectors, such as chemicals.; "the driveway was reflectorized for safety reasons" |
| ~ retrofit | provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture.; "They car companies retrofitted all the old models with new carburetors" |
| ~ edge, border | provide with a border or edge.; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery" |
| ~ machicolate | supply with projecting galleries.; "machicolate the castle walls" |
| ~ sanitate | provide with sanitary facilities or appliances. |
| ~ hat | furnish with a hat. |
| ~ theme | provide with a particular theme or motive.; "the restaurant often themes its menus" |
| ~ kern | furnish with a kern. |
| ~ headquarter | provide with headquarters.; "the compnay is headquartered in New Jersey" |
| ~ shelter | provide shelter for.; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people" |
| v. (creation) | 4. interpret, render | give an interpretation or rendition of.; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully" |
| ~ performing arts | arts or skills that require public performance. |
| ~ perform, do, execute | carry out or perform an action.; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" |
| ~ sing | deliver by singing.; "Sing Christmas carols" |
| v. (possession) | 5. render, submit | make over as a return.; "They had to render the estate" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| v. (possession) | 6. deliver, fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn in | to surrender someone or something to another.; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| ~ bail | deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period. |
| ~ give away | formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father. |
| v. (creation) | 7. depict, picture, render, show | show in, or as in, a picture.; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting" |
| ~ artistic creation, artistic production, art | the creation of beautiful or significant things.; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
| ~ interpret, represent | create an image or likeness of.; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" |
| ~ illustrate | depict with an illustration. |
| ~ map | depict as if on a map.; "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face" |
| v. (contact) | 8. render | coat with plastic or cement.; "render the brick walls in the den" |
| ~ masonry | the craft of a mason. |
| ~ coat, surface | put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface.; "coat the cake with chocolate" |
| v. (communication) | 9. give, render | bestow.; "give homage"; "render thanks" |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| ~ dedicate | inscribe or address by way of compliment.; "She dedicated her book to her parents" |
| ~ give | accord by verdict.; "give a decision for the plaintiff" |
| v. (communication) | 10. interpret, render, translate | restate (words) from one language into another language.; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N." |
| ~ ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell | to say, state, or perform again.; "She kept reiterating her request" |
| ~ retranslate | translate again. |
| ~ mistranslate | translate incorrectly. |
| ~ gloss | provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase. |
| ~ latinize | translate into Latin. |
| ~ translate | be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way.; "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English" |
| v. (change) | 11. render, try | melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities.; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ melt, melt down, run | reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating.; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun" |
| replace | | |
| v. (change) | 1. replace | substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected).; "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced" |
| ~ exchange, convert, commute, change | exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" |
| ~ change | remove or replace the coverings of.; "Father had to learn how to change the baby"; "After each guest we changed the bed linens" |
| ~ novate | replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one. |
| ~ regenerate, renew | reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new.; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership" |
| ~ supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, replace | take the place or move into the position of.; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" |
| v. (social) | 2. replace, supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant | take the place or move into the position of.; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" |
| ~ replace | substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected).; "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced" |
| ~ put back, replace | put something back where it belongs.; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them" |
| ~ deputise, deputize, step in, substitute | act as a substitute.; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold" |
| ~ displace, preempt | take the place of or have precedence over.; "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor" |
| ~ usurp | take the place of.; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke" |
| ~ oust | remove and replace.; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter" |
| ~ come after, succeed, follow | be the successor (of).; "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?" |
| v. (contact) | 3. put back, replace | put something back where it belongs.; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them" |
| ~ hang up | put a telephone receiver back in its cradle. |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| ~ supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, replace | take the place or move into the position of.; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" |
| v. (possession) | 4. exchange, interchange, replace, substitute | put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items.; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ shift | move and exchange for another.; "shift the date for our class reunion" |
| ~ reduce | simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another. |
| ~ truncate | replace a corner by a plane. |
| ~ retool | provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools. |
| ~ subrogate | substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured. |
| go back | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. date back, date from, go back | belong to an earlier time.; "This story dates back 200 years" |
| ~ initiate, originate, start | bring into being.; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" |
| ~ ascend | go back in order of genealogical succession.; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly" |
| v. (communication) | 2. go back, recur | return in thought or speech to something. |
| ~ hark back, come back, recall, return | go back to something earlier.; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" |
| v. (change) | 3. go back, recover, recuperate | regain a former condition after a financial loss.; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" |
| ~ retrovert, revert, regress, turn back, return | go back to a previous state.; "We reverted to the old rules" |
| ~ rebound, rally | return to a former condition.; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" |
| repay | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. repay, requite | make repayment for or return something. |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ pay | make a compensation for.; "a favor that cannot be paid back" |
| v. (possession) | 2. pay back, repay, reward | act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions. |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| restore | | |
| v. (social) | 1. reconstruct, restore | return to its original or usable and functioning condition.; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition" |
| ~ decompress, uncompress | restore to its uncompressed form.; "decompress data" |
| ~ regenerate, renew | reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new.; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership" |
| ~ rehabilitate | help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute.; "The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated"; "After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated" |
| ~ rehabilitate | restore to a state of good condition or operation. |
| ~ defibrillate | stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks.; "The patient's heart had to be defibrillated to save his life" |
| ~ reinstate | restore to the previous state or rank. |
| v. (change) | 2. regenerate, rejuvenate, restore | return to life; get or give new life or energy.; "The week at the spa restored me" |
| ~ reincarnate, renew | cause to appear in a new form.; "the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market" |
| ~ resurrect, revive | restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state.; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina" |
| ~ regenerate, renew | reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new.; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership" |
| v. (possession) | 3. restitute, restore | give or bring back.; "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner" |
| ~ give back, refund, repay, return | pay back.; "Please refund me my money" |
| v. (change) | 4. bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better | to make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
| ~ tinker, fiddle | try to fix or mend.; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" |
| ~ fill | plug with a substance.; "fill a cavity" |
| ~ patch, piece | repair by adding pieces.; "She pieced the china cup" |
| ~ cobble | repair or mend.; "cobble shoes" |
| ~ repoint, point | repair the joints of bricks.; "point a chimney" |
| ~ trouble-shoot, troubleshoot | solve problems.; "He is known to be good at trouble-shooting" |
| ~ patch up, patch | mend by putting a patch on.; "patch a hole" |
| ~ resole, sole | put a new sole on.; "sole the shoes" |
| ~ revamp, vamp | provide (a shoe) with a new vamp.; "revamp my old boots" |
| ~ reheel, heel | put a new heel on.; "heel shoes" |
| ~ darn | repair by sewing.; "darn socks" |
| v. (social) | 5. reestablish, reinstate, restore | bring back into original existence, use, function, or position.; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ redeem | restore the honor or worth of. |
| return | | |
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