returned
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
An inflected form of return · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 343 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 59,531 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.028% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before return to your native landthe professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean
- give back also: render render money
- go back to a previous state also: revert, retrovert, regress, turn back We reverted to the old rules
- go back to something earlier also: hark back, come back, recall This harks back to a previous remark of his
- bring back to the point of departure also: take back, bring back
- return in kind return a complimentreturn her love
returned in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She returned to London and presented herself to the ex-serving-woman.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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When he returned he exchanged a significant glance with Lady Angela.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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But the old gentleman wished to keep me until his messenger returned from Riversley.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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This day at church was like a dream, and they returned home quite exhausted.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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Then I dismissed him from my mind, and returned to the contemplation of my own affairs.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1