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Definition: U-turn |
U-turnNoun1. Complete reversal of direction of travel. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Post & Telecom | A turn. . . made by a vehicle traveling along one side of a way by crossing the lane of oncoming traffic and turning into and proceeding along a lane on the other side. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | U-Turn (1973) | |
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| "U-turn" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.94% of the time. "U-turn" is used about 79 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.94% | 75 | 38,535 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 3.8% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.27% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 79 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "u-turn"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Finnish | kääntyä ympäri (make a U-turn, turn round). (various references) | |
French | demi-tour. (various references) | |
German | seine meinung völlig ändern (do a u-turn). (various references) | |
Greek | στροφή 180 μοιρών. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ユーコン准州 (eugenics, eunos, euphemism, European television satellite, Eutelsat, euthanasia, euthanasie, humor, submarine, U-boat, UFO, ufology, unidentified flying object, usance, usance bill, used car, user, user interface, user-friendly, users, utility, utility program, utility room, utopia, youth, youth hostel, youth market, Yugoslavia, Yukon Territory). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ユーターン . (various references) | |
Korean | 으 도십시". (various references) | |
Manx | chyndaa uillinagh. (various references) | |
Swedish | u-sväng (u turn). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự vòng ngược, sự quay 180 o. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "n-r-t-u-u" | |
-1 letter: runt, turn. | |
-2 letters: nut, run, rut, tun, urn. | |
-3 letters: nu, un, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "n-r-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: outrun, runout, turnup, unhurt, untrue, upturn. | |
+2 letters: burnout, nurture, outburn, outrung, outruns, outturn, runouts, turnout, turnups, unburnt, untruer, untruly, untruss, untruth, upturns. | |
+3 letters: burnouts, juncture, ngultrum, nurtural, nurtured, nurturer, nurtures, outburns, outburnt, outdrunk, outturns, puncture, pursuant, purulent, runabout, sunburnt, sunburst, surmount, suturing, trunkful, turnouts, unartful, undercut, unitrust, unrusted, unstrung, untruest, untrusty, untruths, unturned, upturned. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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