It is no wonder that you are turning down the proposal.
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Turning
//ˈtɜː.nɪŋ//
Synonyms for "turning" (225 found)
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Closest matches (45)
turnaberrancyaberrantaberrationaberrativeabout-faceambagesambagiousanfractuosityanfractuousangleangular momentumangular motionangular velocityaxial motionbendbendingbiasbowbowing
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bowlingbranching offcentrifugationcirclingcircuitioncircuitouscircuitousnesscircuitrycircularitycirculationcircumambagescircumambiencecircumambiencycircumambulationcircumbendibuscircumflexioncircumgyrationcircumlocutioncircumlocutorycircummigrationcircumnavigationcircumrotationcircumvolutionconflexureconversion
Strong matches (68)
convolutionconvolutionalcornercrinklecrinklingcrookcurvedeclinationdeflectiondepartingdeparturedesultorydetourdeviancedeviancydeviantdeviatingdeviationdeviativedeviatory
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deviousdeviousnessdigressiondigressivediscursiondiscursivedivagationdivaricationdivergencediversiondoglegdoubledriftdriftingemergencyerranterrantryerraticexcursionexcursiveexcursusexigencyexorbitationflectionflexflexuoseflexuosityflexuousflexuousnessflexurefull circlegeanticlinegeosynclinegnominiousgyratinggyrationgyregyringhairpinhairpin turnindirectindirectioninflectionintorsioninversioninvoluteinvolutedinvolution
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involutionallabyrinthinemazymeandermeanderingmeandrousobliquityorbitorbitingout-of-the-wayoxbowpasspererrationpinchpivotingplanetaryramblingreelingreflectionreversal
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reversereversionrevolutionrevolvingright-aboutrivoserivulationrivuloserollrollingrotatingrotationrotational motionroundaboutroundaboutnessroundingrovingruffleds-curveserpentinesheershiftshiftingshifting courseshifting pathsigmoidsinuatesinuationsinuosesinuositysinuoussinuousnessskewslantslinkinesssnakinesssnakyspinspinningspiralspiralingstraitstraystrayingswarfsweepswerveswervingswingingswirlingswivelingtacktorsiontorsionaltortiletortilitytortuositytortuoustortuousnesstrollingtrundlingturbinationturnabouttwirltwirlingtwisttwistingtwistyundirectedundulationvagrantvariationveerveeringvolte-facevolutationvolutionwanderingwarpwavewavingwheelingwhirwhirlingwhorledwindingwreathlikewreathyyawzigzag
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9 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 11 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- στροφή noun (A turn or deviation from a straight course)
Bulgarian
3 entries- завой noun (A turn or deviation from a straight course)
- стру́жка noun (The shavings produced by turning something on a lathe)
- стругуване noun (The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 車削 /车削 noun (The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe)
- 車加工 /车加工 noun (The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe)
Finnish
3 entries- mutka noun (A turn or deviation from a straight course)
- sorvaaminen noun (The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe)
- sorvaus noun (The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe)
French
1 entries- virage noun (A turn or deviation from a straight course)
Greek
1 entries- στροφή noun (A turn or deviation from a straight course)
Hindi
2 entries- घुमाव noun (A turn or deviation from a straight course)
- मोड़ noun (A turn or deviation from a straight course)
Hungarian
1 entries- forgács noun (The shavings produced by turning something on a lathe)
Romanian
1 entries- viraj noun (A turn or deviation from a straight course)
Spanish
1 entries- bocacalle noun (A turn or deviation from a straight course)
Swedish
2 entries- svarvning noun (The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe)
- trycksvarvning noun (The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The company is turning to export markets to make up for a decline in domestic sales.
Source: tatoeba (22384)
Turning to the right, you will find the city hall in front of you.
Source: tatoeba (27069)
Turning to the right, you will find the hospital.
Source: tatoeba (27070)
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