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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun turn around has 1 sense

• turn around(n = noun.event) reversal - turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens"
is a kind of turn, turning
Derived form verb turn around₁

Verb turn around has 3 senses

• turn around(v = verb.motion) swing about, swing around - turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically; "He turned around to face his opponent"; "My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake"
is one way to turn
Derived form noun turn around₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• turn around(v = verb.change) Array - improve dramatically; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"
is one way to ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• turn around(v = verb.change) pick up - improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up"
is one way to ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

THESAURUS

turn around

break back, change back, circle, circulate, circumrotate, circumvolute, come about, convert, crank, cry back, do a flip-flop, do an about-face, evert, fetch about, flip-flop, go about, go around, go back, go round, gyrate, gyre, hark back, heel, introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert, pirouette, pivot, pivot about, pronate, put about, resupinate, reverse, revolve, rotate, round, screw, spin, supinate, swing, swing round, swivel, transpose, turn, turn a pirouette, turn about, turn back, turn down, turn in, turn inside out, turn out, turn over, turn round, turn tail, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn upside down, twist, veer, veer around, wamble, wheel, wheel about, whirl, wind

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