Synonyms for turning
ˈtɜr nɪŋturn·ing

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1. turn, turningnoun

   the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

   "he took a turn to the right"

   Synonyms:
   routine, turn of events, spell, play, number, twist, bend, tour, round, good turn, act, bout, crook, go, turn, bit

2. turningnoun

   act of changing in practice or custom

   "the law took many turnings over the years"

   Synonyms:
   turn

3. turningnoun

   a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe

   Synonyms:
   turn

4. turning, turnnoun

   a movement in a new direction

   "the turning of the wind"

   Synonyms:
   turn, turn of events, spell, play, number, routine, twist, bend, tour, round, good turn, act, bout, crook, go, bit

5. turningnoun

   the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe

   Synonyms:
   turn

6. turningnoun

   the activity of shaping something on a lathe

   Synonyms:
   turn

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Change Of Course
   • End Product
   • Formation
   • Movement
   • Paring

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1. turningadjective

   Synonyms:
   revolving, rotary, rotating, gyratory, winding, circumrotary

2. turningnoun

   Synonyms:
   rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, eversion, extroversion, flexure, flexion, incurvation, deviation, deflection, circumrotation

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1. List of paraphrases for "turning":

   inflection, tipping, transforming, referring, rotate, pivot, convert, converting, transform, turn, passing, cornering, returning, rotating

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1. Marlene Iglitzen:

   I bought it five days after it was listed, it was everything I wanted in a home: enormous windows in all directions, large scaled rooms and an outside deck outside the kitchen for gardening and grilling. I can see the trees turning each season. It’s a private home within a mansion.

2. Marguerite de Valois:

   Love works in miracles every day such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.

3. David Cameron:

   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.

4. Jennifer Landa:

   You want to do a few things, first, avoid smoking, and if you smoke, quit smoking. Second, avoid oral contraceptives. Studies show that the birth control pill can increase your likelihood of HPV turning into cancer.

5. Larry Summers:

   It makes me very sorry to say, but I think the UK is behaving a bit like an emerging market turning itself into a submerging market, between Brexit, how far the Bank of England got behind the curve and now these fiscal policies, I think Britain will be remembered for having pursuing the worst macroeconomic policies of any major country in a long time.