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returnings

returnings is the plural of returning.

Meaning of returning

Noun

returning (plural returnings)

  1. The act of one who returns; a coming back.
    • It was a time of returnings. Soldiers everywhere returned home to try to piece together the broken fragments of shattered lives.2012, Michael Phillips, Land of the Brave and the Free, page 221

Questions about returnings

What is returnings the plural of?
Returnings is the plural of returning.

Words near returnings in the dictionary

  1. returning the favor
  2. returning the favour
  3. returning to dust
  4. returning to form
  5. returning to one's muttons
  6. returnings
  7. returnless
  8. returnlessly
  9. returnment
  10. returns
  11. returns fire

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