GDict

returning

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verb/ɹɪˈtɜːnɪŋ//ɹɪˈtɝnɪŋ/
  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of returnform-ofgerundparticiple

noun/ɹɪˈtɜːnɪŋ//ɹɪˈtɝnɪŋ/
  1. 1

    The act of one who returns; a coming back.

    • 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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