What does turn over mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, giveverb

    place into the hands or custody of

    "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

  2. overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump oververb

    cause to overturn from an upright or normal position

    "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"

  3. roll, turn oververb

    move by turning over or rotating

    "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"

  4. dig, delve, cut into, turn oververb

    turn up, loosen, or remove earth

    "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"

  5. turn oververb

    do business worth a certain amount of money

    "The company turns over ten million dollars a year"

  6. turn, turn oververb

    cause to move around a center so as to show another side of

    "turn a page of a book"

  7. overturn, turn over, tip over, tump oververb

    turn from an upright or normal position

    "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"

  8. flip, flip over, turn oververb

    turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse

    "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"

  9. consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberateverb

    think about carefully; weigh

    "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

Wiktionary

  1. turn oververb

    To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.

  2. turn oververb

    To relinquish; give back.

  3. turn oververb

    To transfer.

  4. turn oververb

    To produce, complete, or cycle through.

  5. turn oververb

    To mull, ponder

  6. turn oververb

    To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run.

  7. turn oververb

    To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).

  8. Etymology: to turn + over

Wikipedia

  1. Turn Over

    Turn Over is the first live album of the Japanese rock group Show-Ya. It is a collection of live songs recorded during concerts from the "Date Line Tour" and "Immigration Tour" in 1987, and from the "Tour of the Immigrant" in 1988. The album reached position No. 36 in the Japanese Oricon chart.

ChatGPT

  1. turn over

    Turn over generally refers to the act of flipping, rotating, or reversing the position of an object so its opposite side is facing upward. In a business context, it often refers to the rate at which assets, employees, or inventory are replaced or cycled in a given period. It can also refer to the act of transferring control or possession of something to someone else. Additionally, it may indicate the amount of money taken by a business in a particular period through ordinary trading activities.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn over in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn over in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of turn over in a Sentence

  1. Edward J. Burns:

    ... But in reality, the diocese cannot turn over what it does not have.

  2. New York:

    For more than a year now, Trump Organization has failed to adequately respond to our subpoenas, hiding behind procedural delays and excuses. Once again, the court has ordered that Trump Organization must turn over the information and documents we are seeking, otherwise face an independent third-party that will ensure that takes place. Our work will continue undeterred because no one is above the law.

  3. Patrick Rodenbush:

    The court's order to turn over immigration records would undermine trust in the Department of Homeland Security’s ability to maintain the confidentiality of personal information, which is essential to its mission.

  4. Jeffrey Rosen:

    Richard Nixon had to turn over arguably privileged materials, here there's no claim of executive privilege, the tax returns were before Richard Nixon was president, Richard Nixon's not going to be arrested.

  5. Renato Reyes:

    The U.S. embassy refusal to turn over Pemberton is an insult to our nation and our people.


Translations for turn over

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  • OtočteCzech
  • umdrehenGerman
  • entregarSpanish
  • ympäri, pohtia, pyöritellä, pyörittää, luovuttaa, tuottaaFinnish
  • renverser, retournerFrench
  • capovolgere, consegnare, ribaltare, restituireItalian
  • ひっくり返す, 裏返すJapanese
  • перевернуться, переворачивать, перевернуть, переворачиватьсяRussian
  • överlämna, vändaSwedish

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