turn
/tɜːn/ · verb
Meaning
- (heading) to make a non-linear physical movement.
- (heading) To change condition or attitude.
- To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
- (usually with over) To complete.
- To make (money); turn a profit.
- Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
- A change of direction or orientation.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- A walk to and fro.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
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