turnaround

Plural: turnarounds

Noun

• time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip
• a decision to reverse an earlier decision
• an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around
• act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip
• turning in the opposite direction
• The act of turning to face in the other direction.
• A reversal of policy.
• The carrying out of a task; the time required to carry it out.
• A turnabout; a reversal of circumstances.
• A series of sketches of a character as seen from different angles.
• A cadence linking the end of a verse to the beginning of the next.
• The notation for the addition of a grace note above then below a given note.
• Synonym of goback.
• The scheduled shutdown of an industrial plant, such as an oil rig, for maintenance and testing.
• A contractual provision by which, if the studio elects to abandon a film project, the producer has a limited period in which to sell it elsewhere.
• Preparations for takeoff, such as loading and servicing.
• The relaying of a satellite signal.

Examples

• The basketball player made a turnaround jump shot.
• They tried to reduce their turnaround on incoming paperwork.
• They tried to reduce their turnaround time on incoming paperwork. [noun adjunct form]

Synonyms

change of mind, flip-flop, reversal, reverse, reversion, turnabout, turnaround time, turnround, U-turn, goback

Related Words

overturn, turnover