turn
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1.0
- noun
- /tɜrn/
:
giro
- Can you make a right turn on a red or not?
- a right turn
- a U-turn
- turn-by-turn
He he took some wrong turns back in the day in Boston.
- He he took some wrong turns back in the day in Boston.
- Like there's a lot of left and right turns between that, do you think?
- And it's it's that one turn, one turn, one time, like of a switch.
- So this is just a one turn common mode choke, right?
- So we went past the turn and out of blue bang.
- Well, whenever you make a turn, they they fall.
Examples
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There's another turn just up the tracks.
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Must have missed a turn somewhere.
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Quarter turn to the right.
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That was a sharp turn at the end when he hit the pool.
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You need to look at the same spot on each turn.
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So that's probably the turn we're going to take.
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A player also forfeits his or her turn if a tile cannot be played.
Academic text (1990) -
Although the number of turns increased, the percentage of turns taken by each individual remained unchanged from pretest to posttest.
Academic text (2015) -
Heading into turn one, they're tipping on 300 kilometers an hour.
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The driver made a sharp turn to avoid hitting the pedestrian.
Synonyms
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1.1
A quick turning movement of an object or person
54
2.8
Turning around a central point, for example the Earth spinning once
51
2.4
A curved shape made by turning or winding something
45
3.5
One complete turn around a central point, like a planet or wheel
22
2.5
A change of direction in a road or path
15
2.7
A quick spin or turn
13
3.1
Moving something on round parts that turn, like a trolley or cart
4
4.0
A turn of the body made by keeping one foot in place
4
6.0
How much an object bends or moves away from a straight line
3
3.2
A move to face or go a different way
1
2.4
Turning something around quickly so it spins
1
3.5
A movement that turns in the same direction as the hands of a clock
Movement in which something spins around a fixed line
One complete turn, like a wheel or a dancer
Antonyms
Idioms
20
3.9
To change a situation so you get the advantage over someone who had it before
3
7.4
To leave quickly by suddenly walking away because you are angry or shocked
- Informal
1
8.6
To think a dead person is very upset because something goes against what they cared about
Compounds
37
3.9
A period of years around the start of a new century, about ten years before and after
- US
7
2.5
A flashing light on a vehicle that shows which way the driver will turn or change lanes
- Literature
2
6.4
A very good performance by an actor or entertainer that gets special attention
- Specialized
A unit for magnet strength that one ampere of current produces in one loop of wire
A driving move where the driver pulls the handbrake so the rear wheels slide and the car turns sharply
- Jargon
A skiing turn where you push the tail of one ski out to slow and change direction
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Etymology
Turn as a noun grew from the same idea of moving around or changing direction, like when a road circles away; so a 'turn' is the act of changing direction.