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Noun turn around has 5 senses
- turnaround, turnaround time - time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip
--1 is a kind of turning, turn; work time
- reversal, change of mind, flip-flop, turnabout, turnaround - a decision to reverse an earlier decision
--2 is a kind of decision making, deciding
--2 has particulars: reconsideration, second thought, afterthought, rethink
- turnaround - an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around
--3 is a kind of area
--3 is a part of road, route; driveway, drive, private road
- turnaround, turnround - act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip
--4 is a kind of preparation, readying
- reversion, reverse, reversal, turnabout, turnaround - turning in the opposite direction
--5 is a kind of change of direction, reorientation
--5 has particulars: about-face, about turn; u-turn
Verb turn around has 3 senses
- swing around, swing about, turn 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"
--1 is one way to turn
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- turn around - cause to get better; "The new stategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"
--2 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
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- turn around, pick up - get better; "Her performance in school picked up"
--3 is one way to better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
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