(BrE also turnround) noun [usuallysing.]
1 the amount of time it takes to unload a ship or plane at the end of one journey and load it again for the next one
2 the amount of time it takes to do a piece of work that you have been given and return it
3 a situation in which sth changes from bad to good:
a turnaround in the economy
4 a complete change in sb's opinion, behaviour, etc:
They remain suspicious about the government's turnaround on education policy.
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