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retour — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • feedback noun Comments or reactions about how well something worked, used to guide improvement.
  • homecoming noun The act or event of returning home.
  • return verb To come or go back to a place, or to give something back to its owner.
  • reversion noun The act or process of reverting something.

Senses

retour is used for these senses in English:

  • feedback (electronics, cybernetics, control theory, ) The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.
  • feedback (amplification) The high-pitched howling noise heard when there is a loop between a microphone and a speaker.
  • homecoming Ellipsis of harvest homecoming, a traditional (street) party and/or dance near the start of the school year, at around fall mid-terms. It traditionally marks the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms.
  • second coming (Christianity) The prophesied return of Jesus Christ.

feedback — full definition

  1. noun Comments or reactions about how well something worked, used to guide improvement.
  2. noun A high-pitched squeal caused by sound from a speaker looping back into a microphone.

homecoming — full definition

  1. noun The act or event of returning home.
  2. noun In high schools and colleges, a tradition centered around a football game, a parade and the coronation of a Homecoming Queen.
  3. noun Ellipsis of harvest homecoming, a traditional (street) party and/or dance near the start of the school year, at around fall mid-terms. It traditionally marks the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms.

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