turnaround
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5.2
- noun
- /ˈtɜrnəˌraʊnd/
:
giro
- However, this text represents a turnaround in the way the events of the coup are presented.
Repentance, the original Greek is metanoia, which means a turnaround, a shift, a complete shift.
- Repentance, the original Greek is metanoia, which means a turnaround, a shift, a complete shift.
Examples
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The company's new strategy marked a significant turnaround from its previous direction, aiming for increased sustainability.
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The result was a sharp turnaround on questions of race as well as economic regulation.
Academic text (2017) -
But this decision was a complete turnaround from the men I was seeing before.
Blog text (19) -
Despite this turnaround, however, Washington and London decided to seek another resolution.
Academic text (2003) -
A second benefit for conservation at each of these projects was a turnaround in local attitudes toward conservation.
Academic text (1996) -
Markets have already anticipated a sudden turnaround in the Turkish economy.
Academic text (2012) -
Civil society organizations call for a turnaround in global decision-making on food and nutrition.
Blog text (9) -
His demonstrated financial acumen, the argument went, made him the ideal turnaround specialist to get the nation's economy growing and creating jobs.
Academic text (2013) -
Most political and economic analysts missed the turnaround because they were too wedded to a neoliberal model of development.
Academic text (2018) -
Alix was a CPA and turnaround manager who had founded a leading corporate restructuring firm in 1981.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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4.2
An official decision that cancels an earlier court decision
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6.7
A sudden change in opinion or policy that reverses an earlier decision
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6.0
A complete change to the opposite view or decision
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7.3
A sudden, complete change of direction or opinion
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2.8
A decision to take back a previous choice or opinion
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4.4
A complete change of direction or opinion
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5.5
Changing a previous promise, decision, or opinion
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6.6
A sudden public change of a decision or promise
A sudden change of plans, policy, or behaviour
A decision to stop a journey and go back because of a problem
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Etymology
Turnaround comes from turn ('to change direction') and around ('to the other side'). Imagine someone suddenly turning to face the opposite way; that image explains a turnaround in decision or policy because it means changing to the opposite choice.