返す — meaning in English

English meaning

• reciprocate verb To respond to an action or feeling with a similar one in return.
• return verb To come or go back to a place, or to give something back to its owner.

Senses

返す is used for these senses in English:

• give back (archaic) To recede; to retreat.
• reciprocate (transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.
• return (transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
• return (tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
• return (transitive, computing) To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
• take back (transitive) To return (something) to a vendor for a refund.

reciprocate — full definition

1. verb To respond to an action or feeling with a similar one in return.
2. verb Of machinery, to move back and forth repeatedly, like a piston.

return — full definition

1. verb To come or go back to a place, or to give something back to its owner.
2. verb To take an item back to a shop for a refund or exchange.
3. noun The act of coming back, or of giving something back.
4. noun The profit or loss made on an investment.
5. noun A form submitted to the government reporting income for tax purposes.

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