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Collocations for return - noun

1. coming/going back; giving sth back

ADJ.

complete, full
a full return to health
gradual | imminent | brief | emotional, happy | dramatic

VERB + RETURN

make
Shevchenko made an emotional return to his former club.
mark
The victory marked Williams'' return to top form.
await, wait for | greet
The smell of cooking greeted his return home.
celebrate | delay, put off | demand
He demanded the return of his money.
call for, push for, vote for
The UN continued to call for a return to civilian rule.

RETURN + NOUN

address, date

PREP.

in ~ (for)
She gave them all the help she could, and asked for nothing in return.
on sb''s ~
He promised to visit us on his return.
~ from
The date of their return from India is a fortnight from now.
~ to
Jones is hoping for an early return to racing after her injury.

PHRASES

by return (of post)
All orders will be dispatched by return of post (= by the next post).

2. (also ‘returns’) profit

ADJ.

attractive, big, excellent, generous, good, high, substantial | acceptable, adequate, decent, fair, healthy, reasonable | inadequate, low, marginal, meagre, poor, small | diminishing
the law of diminishing returns
immediate | long-term | annual, monthly, quarterly, etc. | expected, likely, possible, potential, projected | gross, pre-tax | after-tax, net | tax-free

VERB + RETURN

achieve, get, make, receive
You should get a good return on this investment.
boost, enhance, improve, increase, maximize
to maximize returns to shareholders
estimate | give (sb), offer (sb), produce, provide, show, yield
The venture yielded a net return of £15 million.
represent
These figures represent a return of 8.5% per annum.

RETURN + VERB

increase | decline, decrease

PREP.

~ on
the return on capital/investment/savings

PHRASES

a rate of return

3. ticket to travel to a place and back again

ADJ.

day, period | business class, economy, first-class, standard, tourist class

RETURN + NOUN

ticket | flight, journey

Collocations for return - verb

ADV.

recently | shortly | eventually | safely
Our aircraft all returned safely to their bases.
voluntarily | forcibly
The asylum seekers are to be forcibly returned to their home countries.
home

VERB + RETURN

be due to
She is due to return to school in a fortnight.
be expected to, be likely to, be/look set to | be allowed to | decide to, expect to, hope to, intend to, plan to, want to, wish to | agree to, promise to | fail to
Suspicions were aroused when he failed to return to work on Monday morning.
force sb to
Lack of cash forced her to return to work.

PREP.

from
She had recently returned from Paris.
to
She never returned the book to me.

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