return key
A key on a computer keyboard commonly used to execute a command or confirm the input…A key on a computer keyboard commonly used to execute a command or confirm the input of keyed text.
» Tom returned the keys to Mary.
Tom gab Maria die Schlüssel wieder.
Том вернул ключи Мэри.
Том повернув ключі Мері.
Meaning
1 sensesA key on a computer keyboard commonly used to execute a command or confirm the input of keyed text.
- the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
Examples
16 sentencesTom returned the keys to Mary.
Том повернув ключі Мері. — deniko
ruТом вернул ключи Мэри. — odexed
deTom gab Maria die Schlüssel wieder. — raggione
I've already returned the keys.
ruЯ уже вернул ключи. — odexed
deIch habe die Schlüssel schon zurückgegeben. — brauchinet
He forgot to return the keys.
He forgot having returned the keys.
He returned the keys to her.
Origin
First known use appears c. 1965 in the publication Programming IBM 1620 by E.A. Weiss.First known use appears c. 1965 in the publication Programming IBM 1620 by E.A. Weiss.
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Forms
plural: return keys| Singular | return key |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed:return