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TURNAROUND

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• TURNAROUND (noun)
The noun TURNAROUND has 5 senses:

1. time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip
2. a decision to reverse an earlier decision
3. an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around
4. act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip
5. turning in the opposite direction

Familiarity information: TURNAROUND used as a noun is common.

• TURNAROUND (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

turnaround; turnaround time

Hypernyms ("turnaround" is a kind of...):

work time (a time period when you are required to work)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A decision to reverse an earlier decision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

change of mind; flip-flop; turnabout; turnaround; reversal

Hypernyms ("turnaround" is a kind of...):

deciding; decision making (the cognitive process of reaching a decision)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turnaround"):

afterthought; reconsideration; rethink; second thought (thinking again about a choice previously made)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

An area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("turnaround" is a kind of...):

area (a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function)

Holonyms ("turnaround" is a part of...):

drive; driveway; private road (a road leading up to a private house)

road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)

Sense 4

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Meaning:

Act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

turnround; turnaround

Hypernyms ("turnaround" is a kind of...):

preparation; readying (the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose)

Sense 5

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Meaning:

Turning in the opposite direction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

turnabout; reversion; turnaround; reversal; reverse

Hypernyms ("turnaround" is a kind of...):

change of direction; reorientation (the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turnaround"):

about turn; about-face (act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation)

u-turn (complete reversal of direction of travel)

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(English proverb)
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(Bhutanese proverb)
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(Arabic proverb)
"Know what you say, but don't say all that you know."
(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of afterthought
Meaning of rethink
Pronunciation of route
Meaning of about turn
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