returning

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈtɜːnɪŋ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈtɝnɪŋ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: re‧turn‧ing

Verb

returning

  1. present participle and gerund of return

Noun

returning (plural returnings)

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