Synonyms: answer, reply, respond, correspond
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ɹɪˈtɜːn/ |
| Hyphenation | re·turn |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑮𐑦𐑑𐑻𐑯 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) return | (I) returned |
| (thou) returnest | (thou) returnedst |
| (he) returns, returneth | (he) returned |
| (we) return | (we) returned |
| (you) return | (you) returned |
| (they) return | (they) returned |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) return | (I) returned |
| (thou) return | (thou) returned |
| (he) return | (he) returned |
| (we) return | (we) returned |
| (you) return | (you) returned |
| (they) return | (they) returned |
| Imperative mood | |
| return | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| returning | returned |
| Afrikaans | antwoord |
|---|---|
| Catalan | respondre |
| Danish | svare |
| Dutch | antwoorden |
| English (Old English) | andswarian; andswerian |
| Esperanto | respondi |
| Faeroese | svara |
| Finnish | vastata |
| French | correspondre à; répondre |
| German | erwidern |
| Hungarian | felel; válaszol |
| Icelandic | svara |
| Italian | replicare; rispondere |
| Jamaican Patois | ansa; ansa se |
| Latin | respondere |
| Malay | menjawab |
| Norwegian | svare |
| Papiamento | kontestá; rospondé; respondé |
| Polish | odpowiadać |
| Portuguese | corresponder; responder |
| Romanian | răspunde |
| Russian | ответить; отвечать |
| Saterland Frisian | beoantwoudje; oantwoudje |
| Spanish | responder |
| Sranan | piki |
| Swahili | ‐jibu |
| Swedish | svara |
| Thai | ตอบ; สนอง |
| Turkish | cevap vermek |
| West Frisian | anderje; antwurdzje |