turn overとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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turn over (三人称単数 現在形 turns over, 現在分詞 turning over, 過去形および過去分詞形 turned over)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn,‎ over.
2. To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.

   Turn over the box and look at the bottom.

3. (transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish; give back.

   They turned over the evidence to the authorities.

4. (transitive, idiomatic) To transfer.
   • 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. IX, Working Aristocracy”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, OCLC 191225086, book III (The Modern Worker):

     But what is to be done with our manufacturing population […] This one thing, of doing for them by ‘underselling all people,’ and filling our own bursten pockets and appetites by the road; and turning over all care for any ‘population,’ or human or divine consideration except cash only, to the winds, with a “Laissez-faire” and the rest of it: this is evidently not the thing.

5. (transitive, idiomatic) To produce, complete, or cycle through.

   They can turn over about three hundred units per hour.

6. (transitive, business) To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).

   The business turned over £1m last year.

7. (transitive) To mull, ponder
   • 1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], OCLC 22773434:

     Thus they dwelled for nearly a year, and in that time Robin Hood often turned over in his mind many means of making an even score with the Sheriff

8. (transitive, intransitive) To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run.
9. (transitive, sports) To give up control (of the ball かつ thus the ability to score).

   The Giants didn't turn the ball over in their last four games.

10. (transitive) To cause extensive disturbance or disruption to (a room, storage place, etc.), e.g. while searching for an item, or ransacking a property.

    I've turned over the whole place, but I still can't find my glasses.

    Thieves turned over the apartment while the owners were away on holiday.

関連する語

• turn over a new leaf
• turnover
• turn in
• hand over

アナグラム

• overturn

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turnover (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 turnovers)

1. The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period.

   The company had an annual turnover of $500,000.

2. The frequency with which stock is replaced after being used or sold, workers leave and are replaced, a property changes hands, etc.

   High staff-turnover can lead to low morale amongst employees

   Those apartments have a high turnover because they are so close to the railroad tracks.

3. A semicircular pastry made by turning one half of a circular crust over the other, enclosing the filling (usually fruit).

   They only served me one apple turnover for breakfast.

4. (sports) A loss of possession of the ball without scoring.

   The Nimrods committed another dismaying turnover en route to another humiliating loss.

   • 2019 October 19, Robert Kitson, “England into World Cup semi-finals after bruising victory over Australia”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media:

     Australia’s 18 turnovers were a costly case of self-harm. So, too, were the two interception tries that ultimately wrecked any chance of Michael Cheika’s side ending their recent grim sequence against the Poms.

5. A measure of leg speed: the frequency with which one takes strides when running, typically given in strides per minute.
6. The act or result of overturning something; an upset.

   a bad turnover in a carriage

7. (dated) An apprentice, in any trade, who is handed over from one master to another to complete his time.

等位語

• (a pastry of a filling enclosed in a folded crust): fritter, rissole

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turnover (not comparable)

1. Capable of being turned over; designed to be turned over.

   a turnover collar

   • 1922, Women's Wear, Toronto, volume 6, page 51:

     Chamoisette glove samples for spring show some very swagger styles with gauntlet tops and turnover cuffs piped and embroidered with harmonious contrasts.

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• overturn