Turnabout — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a decision to reverse an earlier decision

turning in the opposite direction

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈɜːnɐbˌaʊt/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈɜːnɐbˌaʊt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈɜːnɐbˌaʊt/

3 syllables Say it as /tˈɜːnɐbˌaʊt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

flip-flop change of mind turnaround reversal reversion reverse

Word Forms

reverse	verb	cancel officially
flip-flop	verb	reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
reverse	adjective	reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Wende

eine Entscheidung, eine frühere Entscheidung rückgängig zu machen

🇫🇷French

demi-tour

une décision d'annuler une décision antérieure

🇪🇸Spanish

giro total

una decisión para revertir una decisión anterior

🇮🇹Italian

inversione di tendenza

una decisione di revocare una decisione precedente

🇳🇱Dutch

ommekeer

een besluit om een eerder besluit terug te draaien

🇵🇹Portuguese

reviravolta

uma decisão de reverter uma decisão anterior

🇷🇺Russian

поворот

решение отменить ранее принятое решение

India

🇮🇳Hindi

घुमाव

पहले के निर्णय को पलटने का निर्णय

🇧🇩Bengali

মোড়

একটি পূর্ববর্তী সিদ্ধান্ত বিপরীত করার সিদ্ধান্ত

🇮🇳Tamil

திருப்பம்

முந்தைய முடிவை மாற்றுவதற்கான முடிவு

🇮🇳Telugu

మలుపు

మునుపటి నిర్ణయాన్ని వెనక్కి తీసుకునే నిర్ణయం

🇮🇳Marathi

टर्नअबाउट

पूर्वीचा निर्णय मागे घेण्याचा निर्णय

🇮🇳Gujarati

ટર્નઅબાઉટ

અગાઉના નિર્ણયને ઉલટાવી લેવાનો નિર્ણય

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಿರುವು

ಹಿಂದಿನ ನಿರ್ಧಾರವನ್ನು ಹಿಂತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ನಿರ್ಧಾರ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വഴിത്തിരിവ്

മുമ്പത്തെ തീരുമാനം മാറ്റാനുള്ള തീരുമാനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਟਰਨਅਬਾਊਟ

ਪੁਰਾਣੇ ਫੈਸਲੇ ਨੂੰ ਉਲਟਾਉਣ ਦਾ ਫੈਸਲਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ٹرناباؤٹ

پہلے کے فیصلے کو واپس لینے کا فیصلہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

转变

推翻先前决定的决定

🇯🇵Japanese

方向転換

以前の決定を覆す決定

🇰🇷Korean

전향

이전 결정을 번복하는 결정

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự quay lại

quyết định đảo ngược quyết định trước đó

🇹🇭Thai

การเปลี่ยนแปลง

การตัดสินใจกลับการตัดสินใจครั้งก่อน

🇮🇩Indonesian

pembalikan haluan

keputusan untuk membalikkan keputusan sebelumnya

🇲🇾Malay

pusing ganti

keputusan untuk membatalkan keputusan terdahulu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تحول

قرار بإلغاء قرار سابق

🇮🇷Persian

چرخش

تصمیمی برای تغییر تصمیم قبلی

🇹🇷Turkish

dönüş kavşağı

daha önceki bir kararı geri alma kararı

🇮🇱Hebrew

תַפנִית

החלטה לבטל החלטה קודמת

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The primary meaning of 'turnabout' is 'a decision to reverse an earlier decision'.

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Using 'turnabout' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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