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1. Time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip
   - turnaround time
    
2. A decision to reverse an earlier decision
   - reversal, change of mind, flip-flop, turnabout [N. Amer]
    
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
   - turnround
    
5. Turning in the opposite direction
   - reversion, reverse, reversal, turnabout [N. Amer]

1. Turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically
   "He turned around to face his opponent"; "My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake"
   - swing around, swing about
    
2. Improve dramatically
   "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in maths"
    
3. Improve significantly; go from bad to good
   "Her performance in school turned around"
   - pick up

1. Turning in an opposite direction or position
   "the turn around of the image in the lens"
   - reversal

Derived forms: turning around, turns around, turnarounds, turn arounds, turned around

See also: turn

Type of: ameliorate, amend, area, better, change of direction, deciding, decision making, improve, meliorate, preparation, readying, reorientation, turn, turning, work time

Part of: drive, driveway, private road, road, route

Encyclopedia: Turn around