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Definition of Turnaround

1. Noun. Time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip.

2. Noun. A decision to reverse an earlier decision.

3. Noun. An area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around.

4. Noun. Act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip.

5. Noun. Turning in the opposite direction.

Definition of Turnaround

1. Noun. The act of turning to face in the other direction. ¹

2. Noun. A reversal of policy. ¹

3. Noun. The time required to carry out a task. ¹

4. Noun. A turnabout. ¹

5. Noun. ¹

6. Noun. (music) A cadence linking the end of a verse to the beginning of the next. ¹

7. Noun. (music) The notation for the addition of a grace note above then below a given note. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Turnaround

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turnaround

turn to dust turn turtle turn up turn up for the book turn up one's nose turn up the heat turn up the pressure turn upside down turnability turnable

turnably turnabout turnabout is fair play turnabouts turnaround turnaround time turnarounds turnback turnbacks turnboy

turnboys turnbroach turnbroaches turnbuckle turnbuckles turnbull's blue turncloak turncloaks turncoat

Literary usage of Turnaround

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Women in Rice Farming: Proceedings of a Conference on Women in Rice Farming by International Rice Research Institute (1985)
"Turnaround time In rainfed areas, long turnaround times (the interval between harvesting of one crop and the planting of the next in a cropping sequence) ..."

2. Sweden: Achieving Results for Sustained Growth by Oecd, OECD. (2007)
"The Swedish experience: the significant contribution of reform to the turnaround of the economy in the 1990s Significant progress in product market ..."

3. Improving Data to Analyze Food And Nutrition Policies by National Academies Press (U.S.) (2005)
"QUICK-Turnaround SURVEYS There may be some cases for which a few questions about dieting practices and attitudes or concerns about food safety will provide ..."

4. Joint Report with Comprehensive Plan and Recommendations by William Russell Willcox (1920)
""Turnaround" CHARTS In the upper right-hand corner of the track chart are what are ... In liko manner the turnaround of a train of the southern group can be ..."

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