Definition of Returning

1. Adjective. Tending to return to an earlier state.

Exact synonyms: Reverting
Similar to: Regressive

2. Adjective. Tending to be turned back.
Exact synonyms: Reversive
Similar to: Backward
Derivative terms: Revert

Definition of Returning

1. Verb. (present participle of return) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Returning

1. return [v] - See also: return

Lexicographical Neighbors of Returning

return to form
return to our muttons
returnability
returnable
returnables
returne
returned
returnee
returnees
returner
returners
returnest
returneth
returnik
returniks
returning (current term)
returning(a)
returning cycle
returning officer
returning officers
returnless
returns
retuse
retweet
retweeted
retweeting
retweets
retwist
retwisted
retwisting

Literary usage of Returning

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Jane Austen's Works by Jane Austen, James Edward Austen-Leigh (1882)
"long arranged engagements in Exeter, in spite of the absolute necessity of their returning to fulfil them immediately, which was in full force at the end of ..."

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