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turn

/tɜːn/ · verb

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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