What is another word for turning?
Synonyms for turning
ˈtɜr nɪŋturn·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
turn, turningnoun
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
"he took a turn to the right"
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routine, turn of events, spell, play, number, twist, bend, tour, round, good turn, act, bout, crook, go, turn, bitturningnoun
act of changing in practice or custom
"the law took many turnings over the years"
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turnturningnoun
a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe
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turnturning, turnnoun
a movement in a new direction
"the turning of the wind"
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turn, turn of events, spell, play, number, routine, twist, bend, tour, round, good turn, act, bout, crook, go, bitturningnoun
the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe
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turnturningnoun
the activity of shaping something on a lathe
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turn
Matched Categories
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
turningadjective
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revolving, rotary, rotating, gyratory, winding, circumrotaryturningnoun
Synonyms:
rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, eversion, extroversion, flexure, flexion, incurvation, deviation, deflection, circumrotation
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "turning":
inflection, tipping, transforming, referring, rotate, pivot, convert, converting, transform, turn, passing, cornering, returning, rotating
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#123 | go | |
#143 | number | |
#516 | play | |
#552 | act | |
#982 | bit | |
#1007 | turn | |
#1080 | tour | |
#1309 | round | |
#4174 | convert | |
#4372 | turning | |
#4462 | passing | |
#5269 | routine | |
#5347 | returning | |
#6506 | bend | |
#6986 | spell | |
#7642 | referring | |
#7650 | transform | |
#7835 | twist | |
#10084 | converting | |
#12124 | rotating | |
#12920 | bout | |
#13088 | transforming | |
#14225 | rotate | |
#18728 | tipping | |
#19091 | pivot | |
#25335 | crook | |
#53676 | inflection | |
#58857 | cornering |
How to use turning in a sentence?
Is Reid witnessing viewers turning away from her show in the wake of the controversy?
We're exactly where we thought we'd be at this point about three months after launch and that sets us up to be on track for completing the rest of the commissioning within the six months after launch and turning over to science starting this summer.
We cook and serve those all-day breakfasts that are making McDonald's millions and millions, but we can't feed our own families without turning to food stamps.
We have put our country on solid ground, but let me tell you: The next five years are much, much more important. The next five years are about turning the good news in our economy into a good life for you and your family.
As we go in, we are sort of turning the pages of this book, unraveling the stories behind, we're like ethnographers.
Translations for turning
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- drehenGerman
- στροφήGreek
- sorvaaminen, mutka, sorvausFinnish
- BerbalikIndonesian
- חֲרִיטָהHebrew
- svarvning, trycksvarvningSwedish
- quayVietnamese
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