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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revolution, curving |
| Synonyms: | about-face, angle, bend, bias, bow, branch, change, changeabout, circle, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, corner, curve, cycle, departure, detour, deviation, direction, drift, flection, flexure, fork, gyration, gyre, heading, hook, pirouette, pivot, quirk, retroversion, reversal, reverse, reversion, right-about, roll, rotation, round, shift, spin, spiral, swing, tack, tendency, trend, turnabout, turning, twist, twisting, wheel, whirl, wind, winding, yaw |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance, opportunity |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, act, action, bit, bout, crack*, deed, favor, fling*, gesture, go around, go*, move, period, round, routine, say*, service, shift, shot*, spell, stint, succession, time, tour, trick, try |
| Antonyms: | failure, miss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | walk, outing |
| Synonyms: | airing, circuit, constitutional, drive, excursion, jaunt, promenade, ramble, ride, saunter, spin, stroll |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aptitude, knack |
| Synonyms: | affinity, aptness, bent, bias, bump, disposition, faculty, flair, genius, gift, head, inclination, leaning, predisposition, propensity, talent |
| Antonyms: | inability |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scare |
| Synonyms: | attack, blow, fit, fright, jolt, seizure, shock, spell, start, surprise |
| Main Entry: | about-face |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complete change |
| Synonyms: | 180 degree turn, change, change in direction, changeabout, double, doubleback, overturning, policy change, repeal, retraction, reversal, reverse, switch, turn, turnabout, turnaround, u-turn, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | accident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance event |
| Synonyms: | adventure, circumstance, contingency, fate, fluke, fortuity, fortune, happening, luck, occasion, occurrence, turn |
| Antonyms: | calculation, decision, decree, plan |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part of a performance |
| Synonyms: | bit*, curtain, epilogue, gag, introduction, number, piece, prologue, routine, scene, schtick, show, sketch, spot, turn |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alteration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, amendment, conversion, correction, difference, diversification, exchange, fixing, flip-flop, metamorphosis, mid-course correction, modification, mutation, reformation, remodeling, reshaping, revision, shift, switch, switch-over, transformation, transmutation, turn, variance, variation |
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