returned
verbadjectivecommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ɹɪˈtəːnd//
- United States//ɹɪˈtɝnd//
Bent back; angled.
verb
- 1
Also a form of returnsimple past and past participle of return
adjective
- 1
Bent back; angled.
- 2
That has come back.
- 3
Yielded as a return on an investment etc.
- 4
Back home having been discharged from military service.
There are about thirty full-blooded returned men in this state whom I believe are not entitled to the old-age pension.
Forms
- comparative
- more returned
- superlative
- most returned