volver a la posición de reposo

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The act of returning.

Example: I expect the house to be spotless upon my return.

Definition: A return ticket.

Example: Do you want a one-way or a return?

Definition: An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.

Example: Last year there were 250 returns of this product, an improvement on the 500 returns the year before.

Definition: An answer.

Example: a return to one's question

Definition: An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.

Example: election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold

Definition: Gain or loss from an investment.

Example: It yielded a return of 5%.

Definition: : A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts. A tax return.

Example: Hand in your return by the end of the tax year.

Definition: A carriage return character.

Definition: The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.

Definition: A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.

Definition: A return pipe, returning fluid to a boiler or other central plant (compare with flow pipe, which carries liquid away from central plant).

Example: The boiler technician had to cut out the heating return to access the safety valve.

Definition: A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.

Definition: Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.

Definition: A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.

Definition: The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.

Example: A facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south.

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To come or go back (to a place or person).

Example: Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter.

Definition: To go back in thought, narration, or argument.

Example: To return to my story [...]

Definition: To turn back, retreat.

Definition: To turn (something) round.

Definition: To place or put back something where it had been.

Example: Please return your hands to your lap.

Definition: To give something back to its original holder or owner.

Example: You should return the library book within one month.

Definition: To take back something to a vendor for a refund.

Example: If the goods don't work, you can return them.

Definition: To give in requital or recompense; to requite.

Definition: To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.

Example: The player couldn't return the serve because it was so fast.

Definition: To play a card as a result of another player's lead.

Example: If one players plays a trump, the others must return a trump.

Definition: To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.

Definition: To say in reply; to respond.

Example: to return an answer;  to return thanks;  "Do it yourself!" she returned.

Definition: To relinquish control to the calling procedure.

Definition: To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.

Example: This function returns the number of files in the directory.

Definition: To retort; to throw back.

Example: to return the lie

Definition: To report, or bring back and make known.

Example: to return the result of an election

Definition: (by extension) To elect according to the official report of the election officers.

Phonetic: "/tʉː/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

Example: Please push the door to.

Definition: Into the wind.

Phonetic: "/tʉː/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.

Example: We are walking to the shop.

Definition: Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.

Example: He devoted himself to education.

Definition: Used to indicate result of action.

Example: His face was beaten to a pulp.

Definition: Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.

Example: To everyone's great relief, the tuneless carol singers finally ceased their warbling.

Definition: Used after an adjective to indicate its application.

Example: similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.

Definition: Denotes the end of a range.

Example: It takes 2 to 4 weeks to process typical applications.

Definition: As a.

Example: With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   took her to wife (took her as a wife);   was sold to slave (was sold as a slave).

Definition: Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.

Example: I have ten dollars to your four.

Definition: Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.

Example: Three squared or three to the second power is nine.

Definition: (time) Preceding.

Example: ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).

Definition: Used to describe what something consists of or contains.

Example: Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.

Definition: At.

Example: Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.

Phonetic: "/(h)əʊm/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A dwelling.

Definition: One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.

Definition: The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.

Example: the home of the pine

Definition: A focus point.

Phonetic: "/(h)əʊm/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: (of animals) To return to its owner.

Example: The dog homed.

Definition: (always with "in on") To seek or aim for something.

Example: The missile was able to home in on the target.

Phonetic: "/(h)əʊm/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Of or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.

Definition: (except in phrases) That strikes home; direct, pointed.

Definition: Personal, intimate.

Definition: Relating to the home team (the team at whose venue a game is played).

Example: the home end, home advantage, home supporters

Phonetic: "/(h)əʊm/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: To one's home

Definition: At or in one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home

Example: Everyone's gone to watch the game; there's nobody home.

Definition: To a full and intimate degree; to the heart of the matter; fully, directly.

Definition: Into the goal

Definition: Into the right, proper or stowed position

Example: sails sheeted home

Phonetic: "/(h)əʊm/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A directory that contains a user's files.

Phonetic: "/pəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A place or location.

Definition: A post of employment; a job.

Definition: A status or rank.

Example: Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.

Definition: An opinion, stand or stance.

Example: My position on this issue is unchanged.

Definition: A posture.

Example: Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.

Definition: (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.

Example: Stop running all over the field and play your position!

Definition: An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm or institution.

Definition: A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.

Definition: A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.

Definition: The full state of a chess game at any given turn.

Phonetic: "/pəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To put into place.