Hello,

I have a burning question, please see below.

What is the part of speech of a word "return" in below sentence,

Let's return

I know that sentence in non contraction is:

Let us return.

Therefore, Let is a verb, us is a pronoun, but is "return" a noun or a verb?

Thank you in advance!!

The word "let" can be used to indicate the desire that some hypothetical situation should actually happen:

Statement: We pray together every day.

Subjunctive: Let us/Let's pray together.
'pray' is a verb in both sentences, as is 'return' in "Let's return to…"