Turn

/tɜːn/ verb, noun

As a verb, to turn means to move around a point or change direction. As a noun, a turn is one person’s chance to do something, or a change in direction or situation.

From Old English "tyrnan" and Old French "torner," both from Latin "tornare" meaning to turn on a lathe or round off. It originally described circular motion and gradually extended to many kinds of change.

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