turn+round

  • 31turn — 1 verb CHANGE DIRECTION/POSITION 1 a) YOUR BODY (I) to move your body so that you are looking in a different direction: Ricky turned and walked away. (+ around/round/away etc): I turned around quickly to see if someone was following. | Dan turned …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32turn */*/*/ — I UK [tɜː(r)n] / US [tɜrn] verb Word forms turn : present tense I/you/we/they turn he/she/it turns present participle turning past tense turned past participle turned 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to change the position of your body or head so… …

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  • 33round — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Charybdis, Chateaubriand, Ciceronian, Indian file, O, O shaped, SRO, about, absolute, ace, admitting no exception, again, air lane, all but, all over, all out, almost, ambagious, ambit, amount, annular, annular… …

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  • 34turn — verb 1》 move in a circular direction wholly or partly around an axis.     ↘twist or sprain (an ankle). 2》 move into a different position, especially so as to face the opposite direction.     ↘change or cause to change direction.     ↘(of the… …

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  • 35turn — [[t]tɜ͟ː(r)n[/t]] ♦ turns, turning, turned (Turn is used in a large number of other expressions which are explained under other words in the dictionary. For example, the expression turn over a new leaf is explained at leaf.) 1) VERB When you turn …

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  • 36Turn (geometry) — Rotations about the center point where a complete rotation is equal to 1 turn A turn is an angle equal to a 360° or 2π radians. A turn is also referred to as a revolution or complete rotation or full circle or cycle or rev or rot. A turn can be… …

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  • 37turn about — Synonyms and related words: alternately, au pair, break back, by turns, change back, come about, consecutively, convert, cry back, do a flip flop, do an about face, even, evert, every other, exchangeably, fetch about, flip flop, go about, go back …

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  • 38turn — turn1 W1S1 [tə:n US tə:rn] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(your body)¦ 2¦(object)¦ 3¦(direction)¦ 4¦(move around central point)¦ 5¦(change)¦ 6¦(attention/thoughts)¦ 7 turn your back (on somebody/something) 8¦(age/time)¦ 9 turn something inside out …

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  • 39turn around — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …

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  • 40turn around — or turn round 1) see turn 1) 2) PHR V ERG If you turn something around, or if it turns around, it is moved so that it faces the opposite direction. [V n P] Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond... [ …

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