Turnaround

Definition: Turnaround

Turnaround

Noun

1. Time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip.

2. A decision to reverse an earlier decision.

3. An area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around.

4. Act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip.

5. Turning in the opposite direction.

Domain	Definition
General	Time required to break down and reset a room. Source: European Union. (references)
Meteorology & Standards	The time between landing and launch of the same Orbiter. Source: European Union. (references)
Military & Defense	The length of time between arriving at a point and being ready to depart from that point. It is used in this sense for the loading, unloading, refuelling and re-arming, where appropriate, of vehicles, aircraft and ships. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	Time necessary to clean and make repairs on refinery equipment after a normal run. It is the elapsed time between drawing the fires(shutting the unit down)and putting the unit on-stream again. Source: European Union. (references)
Shipping	In water transportation, the time it takes between the arrival of a vessel and its departure. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Turnaround

Synonyms: change of mind (n), flip-flop (n), reversal (n), reverse (n), reversion (n), turnabout (n), turnaround time (n), turnround (n). (additional references)

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	Turnaround, Every now and then I know there's nothing any better and there's nothing I just wouldn't do (TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART; performing artist: Bonnie Tyler)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	The Turnaround Manager's Handbook (reference) Turnaround (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	My Life's in Turnaround (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Take It from the Turnaround (reference) Turnaround (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		In 1997, the new Chairman of PIA initiated a turnaround program. (references)
		At the end of the day, it will be a case of who can offer the best in price, turnaround time and quality. (references)
		The turnaround for these requests is often only a few days, and the price of these reports is comparable to this report. (references)
Economic History	Brazil	Costs are lower and turnaround time shorter there. (references)
	Ukraine	Several factors contributed to the strong turnaround. (references)
	Argentina	The cost is $600; turnaround time is 15 business days. (references)
Political Economy	MEXICO	Mexico has made a complete turnaround with respect to allowing private and foreign ownership in the banking sector. (references)
	COLOMBIA	Currency depreciation together with import compression due to recession produced a dramatic turnaround in Colombia's overall trade balance, as well as its bilateral balance with the United States. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Turnaround" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.55% of the time. "Turnaround" is used about 116 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	96.55%	112	30,646
Lexical Verb (base form)	2.59%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.86%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	116	N/A

Expressions using "turnaround": economic turnaround ♦ turnaround document ♦ turnaround time. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "turnaround": mega-turnaround.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "turnaround"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		ренегатство (apostasy, renegation, tergiversation, turnabout), ренегат (apostate, pervert, renegade, turnabout, turncoat). (various references)

Chinese		翻身仗 (turnround). (various references)

Danish		turnaround, rotation (curl, rotation, spin), revisionstid, ombygningstid, genklargøring, flyvetid (flying time, time en route). (various references)

Dutch		verbouwing (culture), onderhoudsstop. (various references)

Finnish		läpimenoaika (turnaround time, turn-around time, turnround time, turn-round time), etäisyysmittausasema,joka mittaa kumpaankin suuntaan (turn around ranging station, turnaround ranging station). (various references)

French		rotation (turnover, turnround), révision complète, pivotement (turning), période de réamenagement des salles, cycle de rotation. (various references)

German		umfall, Umbauzeit, Anlagengrundüberholung. (various references)

Greek		γενική επιθεώρηση, χρόνος αναδιάταξης χώρου, εκτεταμένη επιθεώρηση, το μεταξύ δύο διαδοχικών αποστολών διάστημα. (various references)

Hungarian		teljes menetidő, pálfordulás (about turn, about-face), oda-vissza út időtartama, oda-vissza út (round trip), megfordulási terület (turn-around area), kocsiforduló, karbantartás (attention, cleansing, conservation, maintenance, maintenance-work, service, servicing, upkeep), körülforgás, följavítás, álláspont-változtatás. (various references)

Italian		tempo di smontaggio e di riallestimento, giravolta (turn, twirl). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		折り�"し点 (turning back or turnaround point). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おりかえして�" (turning back or turnaround point). (various references)

Korean		� 회 (Pivoting, turnround, Wheeling). (various references)

Pig Latin		urnaroundtay

Portuguese		revisão completa, período de remontagem, paragem para revisão, ciclo de rotação. (various references)

Russian		реверсирование (reversal, reverse). (various references)

Spanish		reacondicionamiento (reconditioning), paro de revisión, ciclo de rotación. (various references)

Swedish		avbrottstid. (various references)

Turkish		revizyon (review, revisal, revise, revision), geri dönüş (return, turnabout), dönüş yeri. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "turnaround": turnarounds. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Turnaround" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: trunaround. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "turnaround" (pronounced ter"nerou'nd)
3	-ou' n d	background, battleground, campground, earthbound, eastbound, fairground, foreground, foxhound, greyhound, hidebound, homebound, horehound, outbound, playground, runaround, snowbound, southbound, spellbound, underground, westbound.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-n-n-o-r-r-t-u-u"
	-1 letter: runaround.
	-2 letters: runround.
	-3 letters: rotunda, unround.
	-4 letters: adnoun, ardour, around, natron, nonart, outran, outrun, rotund, runout, tundra, turnon, untorn, untrod.
	-5 letters: adorn, ardor, daunt, donna, donut, doura, durra, radon, round, tardo, trona.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-n-n-o-r-r-t-u-u"
	+1 letter: turnarounds.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
turnaround	215	project troubled turnaround	5
turnaround investor	124	refining turnaround	5
corporate turnaround	119	financial management turnaround	4
turnaround management	117	clinique total turnaround	4
turnaround advisor	114	lyrics turnaround	4
turnaround consultant	54	bank turnaround	4
business turnaround	41	bank nj turnaround	3
turnaround management association	37	bank management turnaround	3
llc professional turnaround	19	bank jersey new strategy turnaround	3
turnaround financing	18	bank jersey new turnaround	3
api assurance based certified chemical exploration gas inspection inspection inspection inspector mechanical oil outsourcing outsourcing petrochem petrochemical pre production quality risk stream technician turnaround turnaround,vendor	10	bank nj strategy turnaround	3
alvarez turnaround	9	bank strategy turnaround	3
turnaround professional	8	turnaround and company	3
financial turnaround	8	financial jersey management new turnaround	3
time turnaround	8	bank jersey management new turnaround	3
turnaround project	7	fast turnaround	3
turnaround strategy	6	bank management nj turnaround	3
turnaround specialist	5	financial management nj turnaround	3
the turnaround letter	5	fund turnaround	3
refinery turnaround	5	laughlin turnaround	3
		turnaround finance	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Turnaround

Definition: Turnaround

Turnaround

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Anagrams: Turnaround

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