A turnaround is a complete change in opinion, attitude, or method.
I have personally never done such a complete turnaround in my opinion of a person. [+ in]
I don't see any vast turnarounds in the way we do business.
2. countable noun [usually singular]
A turnaround is a sudden improvement, especially in the success of a business or a country's economy.
The deal marks a turnaround in the company's fortunes. [+ in]
A new survey shows signs of a turnaround in the housing market.
3. variable noun
The turnaround or turnaround time of a task, for example the unloading of an aircraft or ship, is the amount of time that it takes.
It is possible to produce a result within 34 hours but the standard turnaround is12 days.
The agency should reduce turnaround time by 11 per cent.
turnaround in British English
(ˈtɜːnəˌraʊnd)
noun
1.
a.
the act or process in which a ship, aircraft, etc, unloads passengers and freight at the end of a trip and reloads for the next trip
b.
the time taken for this
2.
the total time taken by a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle in a round trip
3.
a complete reversal of a situation or set of circumstances
Also called: turnround
turnaround in American English
(ˈtɜrnəˌraʊnd)
US
noun
1.
turnabout
2.
a wide area, as in a driveway, to allow for turning a vehicle around
3.
the time needed to unload, refuel, service, and reload an aircraft
4.
the time needed to complete a job, perform a service, etc., as for a customer
5. Cinema
a production stage in which the original producer or studio has rejected a previously purchased project, script, etc. but it has not yet been acquired by another producer or studio
usually in the phrase in (or into) turnaround
COBUILD Collocations
turnaround
amazing turnaround
dramatic turnaround
incredible turnaround
Examples of 'turnaround' in a sentence
turnaround
The bank is in the middle of a fiveyear turnaround plan but said that that could take longer than expected.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He must have still had a hard race in the testing ground and this is a quick turnaround for a staying chaser.
The Sun (2016)
Mistry took a more conventional view of the situation, and struggled to see a viable turnaround.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In China, we completed the turnaround in the second half of the year.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Board members felt that the company needed to be led by a turnaround specialist.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Those already in should hold their nerve in the hope of rewards when the turnaround completes.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This would require a turnaround in the business.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In a massive turnaround the country paid off its international debts and introduced modern economic management methods.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We have yet to see if the turnaround is working.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There has been a turnaround in attitudes in the past two or three years.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Short turnaround times between matches and policing are two issues.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The quick turnaround between games hits you and the importance of games hits you.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Perhaps the club needs a complete turnaround.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The last four years have seen a complete turnaround in that respect.
The Sun (2016)
Quick turnaround times are due mainly to the way the business has adopted technology.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It was such a quick turnaround from when the manager left.
The Sun (2014)
Endless is one of the growing number of turnaround specialists that buy struggling businesses abandoned by mainstream investors.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Yet each of these was a turnaround situations where a wider range of management skills will have been required.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Now he suggests the turnaround process could require three years, which is pushing it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Yet despite this gloom, there are signs of a turnaround in the economy.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Second, there has been a general turnaround in business surveys and confidence indicators.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This turnaround plan of theirs - is that what has made them underperform these pastfive years?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And maybe these letters offer a framework, a process, for turnaround.
Christianity Today (2000)
All related terms of 'turnaround'
turnaround plan
A plan is a method of achieving something that you have worked out in detail beforehand .
turnaround time
the total time taken between the submission of a program for execution and the return of the complete output to the customer
amazing turnaround
A turnaround is a sudden improvement , especially in the success of a business or a country's economy .
dramatic turnaround
A turnaround is a sudden improvement , especially in the success of a business or a country's economy .
incredible turnaround
A turnaround is a sudden improvement , especially in the success of a business or a country's economy .
turnaround strategy
A strategy is a general plan or set of plans intended to achieve something, especially over a long period.