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Latest comment: 1 year ago by Equinox in topic Possible missing sense: "to revolve"?

Printer part

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Are we missing a definition (noun) for a printer part. I've seen them on sale in office supply shops, but not sure what they are.--Dmol 09:13, 7 February 2010 (UTC)Reply

be returned to

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What meaning is used in This issue will be returned to in detail ? --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:01, 10 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

adjective : 1. connected with going back again 2. (Canada U.K. Australia New Zealand) round-trip 3. happening again

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1.  relating to an act of going or coming back to an earlier place or position
I hope the return flight isn't delayed.
2.  (Canada U.K. Australia New Zealand)  Same as round-trip 
3.  given/done again
We enjoyed the resort so much that we decided to make a return visit the next year.

--Backinstadiums (talk) 09:28, 18 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

"Conjugation"

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We're not seriously going to start doing this for all English verbs, are we? There's no reason at all to point people towards forms like "returnedst" (at least not in the modern English entries), just to gloss them and point them back here. At most, they belong as alt forms at the past tense entries. — LlywelynII 00:37, 4 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Possible missing sense: "to revolve"?

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Chambers 1908 gives one transitive sense of return as "to revolve". I can't work out what kind of revolution is meant here. Perhaps astronomy, e.g. a heavenly body returning every so often as it orbits? Equinox 20:42, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply