returning

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈtɜːnɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈtɝnɪŋ/

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• 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.