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Definition: TO TURN ABOUT |
TO TURN ABOUT1. To face to another quarter; to turn around. |
Crosswords: TO TURN ABOUT |
| English words defined with "TO TURN ABOUT": Eccentric gear. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "TO TURN ABOUT": malversation ♦ Volvulus. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | To turn about you (I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band); performing artist: The Moody Blues) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | For my tutor would order one of my servants to fetch something, to turn about, to make a bow, to sit, or stand, or walk, and the like. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "TO TURN ABOUT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Danish | blive drejet rundt af stroemmen (to turn about owing to the stream). (various references) | ||||
Dutch | rondvallen door de stroom (to turn about owing to the stream), rondvallen (to turn about owing to the stream), rondslaan (to turn about owing to the stream), rondgaan (be about, be abroad, circulate, circumvent, go around). (various references) | ||||
French | faire demi-tour par l'effet du courant (to turn about owing to the stream). (various references) | ||||
German | vom Strom erfasst rundfallen (to turn about owing to the stream), rundkommen (to turn about owing to the stream), rundgehen (to turn about owing to the stream). (various references) | ||||
Greek | περιστρέφομαι από τη δράση του ρεύματος (to turn about owing to the stream). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | forgolódik (to turn). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | otay urntay aboutay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Avestan | 200-600 | sadayeiti. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-n-o-o-r-t-t-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: turnabout. | |
-3 letters: outburnt, runabout. | |
-4 letters: arnotto, burnout, outburn, outtrot, outturn, rattoon, turnout. | |
-5 letters: attorn, auburn, bouton, burton, button, outran, outrun, ratoon, ratton, rubato, rubout, runout, tabour, tattoo, truant, turban, turbot, unroot. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 54 55 52 4E 41 42 4F 55 54 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01010100 01010101 01010010 01001110 00100000 01000001 01000010 01001111 01010101 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   T U R N   A B O U T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 0054 0055 0052 004E 0041 0042 004F 0055 0054 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)544925455524823536495554 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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