TURNAROUND
Dictionary entry overview: What does turnaround mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
• TURNAROUND (noun)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
