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turn::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | release |
| Type of | channel, channelise, transfer, channelize, transmit, transport |
| Has types | deflate, throw |
turn the flour onto a plate.
turn::verb | Spocien Dictionary
We turned from Socialism to Capitalism.
The people turned against the President when he stole the election.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | twist |
| Type of | rotation, rotary motion |
| Has types | twiddle |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | change by reversal, reverse |
| Type of | change |
| Has types | flip-flop, transmogrify, desynchronize, undo, desynchronise, unhallow, alternate, turn the tide, turn the tables, transfigure, correct, transpose, switch, permute, exchange, interchange, return, falsify, metamorphose, flip, commutate, revert, desecrate, regress, retrovert, tack, deconsecrate, rectify, turn back, right, commute, switch over |
the tides turned against him.
public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern.
turn::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | act, bit, number, routine |
| Type of | performance, public presentation |
| Has types | show-stopper, stopper, showstopper |
turn::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bout, round |
| Type of | section, division, part |
| Has types | top, bottom, top of the inning, bottom of the inning |
turn::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | go, spell, tour |
| Type of | shift, duty period, work shift |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | turning |
| Type of | movement, motion |
| Has types | gyration, return, reversal, yaw, swerve, turn around, revolution, rotation, volution, coming back |
the turning of the wind.
turn::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | turning |
| Type of | change of course |
| Has types | left, digression, deviation, deflection, deflexion, version, veering, three-point turn, kick turn, telemark, divagation, swerving, swerve, stem turn, stem, diversion, right |
he took a turn to the right.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ferment, sour, work |
| Type of | change state |
| Verb group | work, ferment |
The cream has turned--we have to throw it out.
turn::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | displace, move |
| Has types | bring about |
turn your face to the wall.
turn the car around.
turn your dance partner around.
turn::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | move |
| Has types | slue, slew, sheer, rotate, corner, corkscrew, flip, face, gyrate, overturn, pivot, port, about-face, pronate, veer, divert, twist, turn over, avert, turn out, turn on a dime, turn off, bend, turn away, turn around, caracole, tump over, trend, deviate, gee, flip over, deflect, roll, cut, curve, toss, tip over, roll over, circumvolve, swivel, coil, swing around, swing about, swerve, spread out, splay, spiral |
| Derivation | turning |
The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face.
She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs.
turn::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | reorientation, change of direction |
he made an abrupt turn away from her.
Examples of turns
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The test, a rite of passage, turns its highest scorers into instant celebrities.
From the abcnews.go.com
Turns out they were discussing whether Evans had thrown an elbow on the rebound.
From the stltoday.com
On-track success and continued growth is what generally turns those other heads.
From the news-journalonline.com
After many twists and turns, I actually was involved in developing it as a film.
From the usatoday.com
Turns out, thanks to Pangaea, she now knows she was simply done with lousy beer.
From the sacbee.com
Which one is relevant depends, it turns out, on the economic status of families.
From the online.wsj.com
Big mistake, as it turns out the only person they want to video chat with is me.
From the washingtonpost.com
The housing market has undergone crazy twists and turns over the past few years.
From the theatlantic.com
Connelly's book turns out to be too much for screenwriter John Romano to handle.
From the latimes.com
- Bend: a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
- Change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"
- The act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right"
- Change state: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play"
- Become: undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"
- Traversal Using Relay NAT (TURN) is a protocol that allows for an element behind a NAT or firewall to receive incoming data over TCP or UDP connections. It is most useful for elements behind symmetric NATs or firewalls that wish to be on the receiving end of a connection to a single peer. ...
- Turn were an Irish band. They formed in 1998 when lead singer/guitarist Ollie Cole and drummer Ian Melady joined forces with Dublin bass player Gavin Fox, who they met at a local recording studio. ...
- A turn is an element of secondary structure in proteins.
