the total time consumed in the round trip of a ship, aircraft, vehicle, etc.
turnabout.
change of allegiance, opinion, mood, policy, etc.
a place or area having sufficient room for a vehicle to turn around.
the time required between receiving and finishing or processing work or materials.
Commerce.
a reversal, as in business sales, especially from loss to profit.
the time between the making of an investment and receiving a return.
Aviation. the elapsed time between an aircraft's arrival at an airfield terminal and its departure.
Origin of turnaround
First recorded in 1925–30; noun use of verb phrase turn around
Words nearby turnaround
turn a deaf ear, turn against, turn a hair, not, turn-and-bank indicator, turn-and-slip indicator, turnaround, turn around one's finger, turnaround time, turn a trick, turn away, turn back
The turnaround for results lags and speeds up and lags again.
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The goal is to avoid the long testing turnaround times that the country was plagued with this summer.
America Doesn’t Have a Coherent Strategy for Asymptomatic Testing. It Needs One.|by Caroline Chen|September 1, 2020|ProPublica
In 2013, she was hired away from Forbes to lead the Times’ ad business, where she oversaw a turnaround and managed to introduce a native advertising studio to an old-school news company.
‘Unstoppable innovator’: The meteoric rise of Meredith Kopit Levien, the next New York Times CEO|Steven Perlberg|August 19, 2020|Digiday
The goal for Social Studio is a 10-day turnaround from campaign booking to going live, although Estée Lauder took 14 days due to delays caused by remote working.
‘We can be agile and evolve’: News UK is quickly growing a 7-figure incremental revenue stream from social video|Lucinda Southern|August 5, 2020|Digiday
The alliance is now embarking on a turnaround plan that involves wide-ranging jobs and production cuts.
How the world’s biggest advertisers are spending (or not) as the pandemic grinds on|Lara O'Reilly|August 3, 2020|Digiday
The following month, however, funding had collapsed and the project was put in turnaround.
Doomed Passion Projects of Hollywood: The Lost Classics of Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, and More|Marlow Stern|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It is a turnaround,” Ozer said about the trial, which is scheduled to continue on April 21, with “Zona” remaining in detention.
Russian “Spies” Go on Trial for Turkish Hit|Thomas Seibert|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Credit for much of this turnaround goes to the Fed, and some of it is luck.
America’s Economy Is Outperforming Rivals Because the U.S. Is Excelling at Globalization|Robert Shapiro|June 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The performance could spark a turnaround after what has been a difficult stretch for the Today show and, by extension, NBC.
NBC, Today Show Get Boston Marathon Bombing Coverage Right|David Freedlander|April 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Democratic turnaround artist Will Marshall on what Republicans can do to end their political losing streak.
The Bill Clinton and DLC Model For Reinventing the Republican Party|Will Marshall|March 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Only Hunter and his faded seat companion got out at the turnaround terminal and took the slideway to center-city.
The Cartels Jungle|Irving E. Cox, Jr.
The turnaround in Milosevic's position was too sudden and Russia's support has always been more moral than military.
After the Rain|Sam Vaknin
British Dictionary definitions for turnaround
turnaround
/ (ˈtɜːnəˌraʊnd) /
noun
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
the time taken for this
the total time taken by a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle in a round trip
a complete reversal of a situation or set of circumstances
Reverse the direction or course of something or someone, as in He has a way of turning around a failing business, or If someone doesn't turn him around he's headed for trouble. [Late 1800s]