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Plural of return

regular plural

The plural of return is returns.

Forms of return

Singularreturn /ɹɪˈtɜːn/
Pluralreturns /ɹɪˈtɜːnz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Returns in a sentence

  • Winter returns every year.
  • This function returns the number of files in the directory.
  • Even if you pass sqrt an integer, it returns a real number.From the entry real number
  • The final election returns from downstate may not be available until late Wednesday morning.From the entry downstate
  • After two decades in Silicon Valley creating a billion-dollar company, Ohio's favorite son returns home.From the entry favorite son

Meaning of return

  1. verb To come or go back (to a place or person).
  2. verb To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
  3. verb To recur; to come again.

Full definition of return

Questions about the plural of return

What is the plural of return?
The plural of return is returns.
Is return countable?
Return is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: return (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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