returning  /rɪt'ɚnɪŋ/  /rit'ɚnɪŋ/

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資料來源(1): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Return \Re*turn"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Returned}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Returning}.] [OE. returnen, retournen, F. retourner;
     pref. re- re- + tourner to turn. See {Turn}.]
     1. To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or
        condition. ``Return to your father's house.'' --Chaucer.
  
              On their embattled ranks the waves return. --Milton.
  
              If they returned out of bondage, it must be into a
              state of freedom.                     --Locke.
  
              Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
                                                    --Gen. iii.
                                                    19.
  
     2. To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular
        or irregular; to appear again.
  
              With the year Seasons return; but not me returns Day
              or the sweet approach of even or morn. --Milton.
  
     3. To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.
  
              He said, and thus the queen of heaven returned.
                                                    --Pope.
  
     4. To revert; to pass back into possession.
  
              And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the
              kingdom return to the house of David. --1Kings xii.
                                                    26.
  
     5. To go back in thought, narration, or argument. ``But to
        return to my story.'' --Fielding.

資料來源(2): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  returning
       adj 1: tending to return to an earlier state [syn: {reverting}]
       2: tending to be turned back [syn: {returning(a)}, {reversive}]