Turn Around

Definition: Turn Around

Turn Around

Noun

1. Turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens".

Verb

1. Turn abruptly and face the other way; also metaphorically: "He turned around to face his opponent"; "My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake".

2. Cause to get better; "The new stategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math".

3. Get better; "Her performance in school picked up".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Public Administration

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Synonyms: Turn Around

Crosswords: Turn Around

Hey Dolittle, What I'm doing is letting Steve think I don't hear him, when he comes for me, I'm gonna turn around and snap his arm off. (Dr. Dolittle 2; writing credit: Larry Levin)

Then when you turn around he tries to smile, but the smile just comes out all wrong. (Pump Up the Volume; writing credit: Allan Moyle)

My new roommate showed me how to kill mice with a hammer yesterday, so between that and the general atmosphere of simmering homoeroticism, I think I'm really starting to turn around. (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette)

That you'll still be here when I turn around. (The Division; writing credit: Guglielmo Enea; Marcello Fois)

' So he-he come on in the yard and I go in the house to get him the nickel and I turn around, and 'fore I know it, he's on me, and I fought and hollered, but he had me around the neck, and he hit me again and again, and the next thing I knew, Papa was in the room, a-standin' over me, hollerin', 'Who done it, who done it? (To Kill a Mockingbird; writing credit: Harper Lee; Horton Foote)

Too proud to turn around (Don't Turn Around; performing artist: Ace Of Base)

Don't turn around there's nothing here to fear (Talk To Me; performing artist: Stevie Nicks; writing credit: C. Sandford)

And I wont turn around (Duck And Run; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

When you turn around can you recognize my face? (Losing Grip; performing artist: AVRIL LAVIGNE)

Shoot 'em down turn around come on Mony (MONY MONY; performing artist: Billy Idol)

Turn Around, Look At Me (performing artist: The Vogues)

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Books

• Service Success! Lessons From a Leader on How to Turn Around a Service Business (reference)

• Turn Around, Bright Eyes - Snapshots from a Voyage Out of Autism's Silence (reference)

• Turn Around, Gemini (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Turn Around Look at Me / I Love How You Love Me (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Then he took another turn around the fountain.

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Economic History

New Zealand

New Zealand's external balance has been deteriorating since mid-1993, a trend that is expected to turn around in the next few years. (references)

Thailand

Training, after sales service, reliable customer support, and the availability of spare parts are the most important factors cited by Thai customers in evaluating services related to their purchasing decisions . These factors are especially important for industrial product marketing . Buyers seek a quick turn around time on their requests for technical assistance and perceive such service as being provided by reliable suppliers. (references)

Egypt

The government appears to have tightened fiscal discipline and cut down on large project expenditures, with the result that the deficits for the second and third quarters were only 0.2-0.3% of annual GDP. The deficit for the full FY 00/01 probably approached 5%. The ability of the Ministry of Finance to assert budget discipline over the investment budget and turn around weak growth in revenues will be crucial to staying within this level and to reducing the budget deficit in future years. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions using "turn around": To turn around one's finger ♦ turn around time. Additional references.

Albanian

ndryshoj krejtësisht. (various references)

Arabic 

‏قلب (alter, bring down, capricious, capsize, center, centre, change, convert, core, essence, flip, heart, inversion, invert, inverting, leaf, middle, overthrow, overturn, reversal, reverse, tip, topple, transform, transformation, turn, turn about, turn inside down, turn over, turn up, upset, upturn, whimsical), ‏تغير الى الأحسن, ‏إنعطف (deflect, detour, turn, turn the corner, wheel, wind). (various references)

Bulgarian 

обръщам (bring about, cant, convert, heave, invert, jib, jibe, notice, overset, overturn, pay, prong, reflect, reverse, revert, set, slew, slue, tip, tip over, turn, turn aside, turn over, turn round, twist, upset), променям мнението си (unthink, wheel about, wheel around, work round), правя обрат. (various references)

Chinese 

扭轉 (reverse). (various references)

Danish

vende (turn, turn round). (various references)

Dutch

omkeren (overthrow, turn, turn back, turn over, turn round, upset). (various references)

Esperanto

turni sin (turn, turn back, turn round), turni (turn, turn round). (various references)

Faeroese

venda (turn, turn round), snara (loop, mesh, snare, turn, turn away, turn round). (various references)

Finnish

kääntää (convert, fold, translate, turn, turn round). (various references)

French

tourner (turn, turn on, turn out, turn over, turn round), s'améliorer (take a turn for the better), revirement, retourner (turn, turn back, turn round), révision générale, navette (turnip rape), faire demi-tour (turn about, turn back), faire changer d'avis. (various references)

Frisian

swaaie (turn, turn round), ferdraaie (turn, turn round), draaie (turn, turn round). (various references)

German

umdrehen (invert, reverse, roll over, skew, turn, turn back, turn inside out, turn over, turn round, turnabout, Upend, upturn). (various references)

Greek 

σταθμός αμφίδρομης μέτρησης (turn around ranging station, turnaround ranging station). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"שת� ות לטוב�" (change for the better), ל�"סתובב (get about, perambulate, revolve, roll, rotate, slue, swivel, tour, turn, turn over, turn round). (various references)

Hungarian

megfordul (span, spun, to about-face, to come about, to haul, to roll over, to spin, to turn for end, to turn over, to veer, to veer round, to wheel round, turn), hátrafordul (to round on one's heels). (various references)

Indonesian

membalik (reverse, ricochet, turn, turn over), berbeleng, berbalik (turn back, turn over), beleng. (various references)

Italian

intervento di ristrutturazione. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

顧みる (to look back, to review, to turn around). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふりかえる (to change, to look back, to look over one's shoulder, to make up for, to turn around, to turn head), ふりむく (to turn around, to turn one's face), かえりみる (to look back, to reflect, to review, to turn around). (various references)

Mohawk

-tkarhatenyes (to turn around). (various references)

Papiamen

drai (turn, turn round). (various references)

Pig Latin

urntay arounday

Polish

obrócić. (various references)

Portuguese

virar (bend, capsize, overset, slew, slue round, spill, spin, swing, throw, tilt, tip, tip-over, topple, turn, turn round, upset). (various references)

Russian 

вращаться (circle, gyrate, move, revolve, run, slew, turn). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zaokrenuti (put about), uzvratiti (answer, replicate, reply, respond, retort, return), promeniti (adjourn, change, reverse, revise, shift, transform, transmogrify). (various references)

Spanish

volver (abduce, call back, come back, cut back, get back, get in, go back, hark back, put back, return, ride back, throw back, to return, turn, turn about, turn away, turn over, turn round, turning). (various references)

Sranan

dray (turn, turn round). (various references)

Swedish

vända (bend, direct, put about, toss, turn, turn over, turn round, veer). (various references)

Turkish

vazgeçmek (abandon, back down, back down from, back out, back out of, back track, backtrack, be off, beat a retreat, cease, cede, change one's mind, cry off, cut loose, declare off, desist, disclaim, dispense with, do without, drop the reins, forbear, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, jack in, kick, leave, leave off, opt out, quit, recant, recede, relinquish, remit, renounce, resign, retract, sink, Stow, surrender, swerve, throw over, throw up, turn about, turn up, unlearn, waive, wangle, wangle out of), geriye dönmek (face about, turn about), geriye döndürmek (turn about), altüst etmek (agitate, bedevil, clutter, clutter up, depolarise, disappoint, disorganize, disturb, knock galley-west, make havoc of, overset, overturn, play havoc with, play the deuce with, ransack, run upside down, screw up, turn about, turn under, Upend, upset, upturn, work havoc). (various references)

Ukrainian

обертатися (circle, circuit, encircle, encompass, pivot, revolve, rotate, slew, turn, turn about, turn round, wheel, whirl), змінювати погляди. (various references)

conversa, conversamini, conversantibus, conversantur, conversari, conversati, conversatur, conversatus, conversentur, conversus, convertere, tornare, versa, versae, versaque, versi, versis, versos, versum, versumque, versus, vertam, vertatur, verte, vertebatur, vertens, vertente, vertentes, verterat, verterem, verterent, verterit, verterunt, verteruntque, vertetur, verti, vertissem, vertisset, vertisti, vertit, vertite, vertitis, vertitque, vertitur, verto, vertunt. (various references)

Misspellings

"Turn Around" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: trun around. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: turnaround.

-1 letter: runaround.

-2 letters: runround.

-3 letters: rotunda, unround.

-4 letters: adnoun, ardour, around, natron, nonart, outran, outrun, rotund, runout, tundra, turnon, untorn, untrod.

-5 letters: adorn, ardor, daunt, donna, donut, doura, durra, radon, round, tardo, trona.

+1 letter: turnarounds.