# returning

Pronunciation: say "ri-TUR-ning" US /ɹɪˈtɝnɪŋ/, UK /ɹɪˈtɜːnɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of return. — present participle and gerund of return
   - Simple: Present participle of return. Use this form for an action that is happening now or going on.
   - _The soldiers are returning home after a long deployment overseas._
   - _Returning to her hometown felt strange after so many years away._

## Noun

2. The act of someone coming back; a coming back to a place or condition.
   - Simple: The act of coming back to a place or person.
   - _The returning of the stolen artifacts to their country of origin took years of negotiation._
   - _His sudden returning to the office surprised colleagues who thought he had retired._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/returning (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).