Definitions for turnaround

turnaround turn·a·round

Spelling: [turn-uh-round]
IPA: /ˈtɜrn əˌraʊnd/

Turnaround is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 264 anagrams from letters in turnaround (adnnorrtuu).

Definitions for turnaround

noun

  1. the total time consumed in the round trip of a ship, aircraft, vehicle, etc.
  2. turnabout.
  3. change of allegiance, opinion, mood, policy, etc.
  4. a place or area having sufficient room for a vehicle to turn around.
  5. the time required between receiving and finishing or processing work or materials.
  6. Commerce. a reversal, as in business sales, especially from loss to profit. the time between the making of an investment and receiving a return.
  7. Aviation. the elapsed time between an aircraft's arrival at an airfield terminal and its departure.

Origin of turnaround

First recorded in 1925-30; noun use of verb phrase turn around

Examples for turnaround

The turnaround in Milosevic's position was too sudden and Russia's support has always been more moral than military.

Only Hunter and his faded seat companion got out at the turnaround terminal and took the slideway to center-city.

“It is a turnaround,” Ozer said about the trial, which is scheduled to continue on April 21, with “Zona” remaining in detention.

The performance could spark a turnaround after what has been a difficult stretch for the Today show and, by extension, NBC.

In fact, turnaround experts will tell you that the brain drain typically begins long before the Chapter 11 filing.

The following month, however, funding had collapsed and the project was put in turnaround.

Credit for much of this turnaround goes to the Fed, and some of it is luck.

Democratic turnaround artist Will Marshall on what Republicans can do to end their political losing streak.

He accomplished this turnaround first as the agent who signed her to William Morris Endeavor Entertainment in 2008.

It also helps explain why so many companies in turnaround situations are gripped by inertia.

Word Value for turnaround
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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