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  • 11Turning Point (Band) — Turning Point war eine steirische Popband. Die Gruppe erlangte mit ihrer Mainstream Popmusik vorwiegend Bekanntheit in Österreich. Größter dokumentierter Erfolg war am 15. August 1973 die Platzierung auf dem 15. Platz in den österreichischen… …

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  • 12Turning point of the American Civil War — There is widespread disagreement over the turning point of the American Civil War. While the Battle of Gettysburg (often cited in combination with Battle of Vicksburg) is the most widely cited, there are several arguable turning points in the… …

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  • 13turning — /terr ning/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that turns. 2. an act of reversing position. 3. the place or point at which anything bends or changes direction. 4. the forming of objects on a lathe. 5. an object, as a spindle, turned on a lathe.… …

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  • 14Act of Union — Union Un ion (?; 277), n. [F., from L. unio oneness, union, a single large pearl, a kind of onion, fr. unus one. See {One}, and cf. {Onion}, {Unit}.] 1. The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 15turning — noun Date: 14th century 1. the act or course of one that turns 2. a place of a change in direction 3. a. a forming by use of a lathe; broadly turnery b. plural waste produced in turning …

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  • 16turning — /ˈtɜnɪŋ/ (say terning) noun 1. the act of someone or something that turns. 2. a place where one road branches off from another. 3. the forming of objects on a lathe. 4. shaping or forming: the turning of verses. {turn + ing1} …

  • 17turning — turn•ing [[t]ˈtɜr nɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the act of one that turns 2) an act of reversing position 3) the place or point at which anything bends or changes direction 4) bui mel the forming of objects on a lathe 5) mel fur an object, as a spindle, turned… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18turning — turn·ing || tÉœrnɪŋ / tɜː n. action of the person or thing that turns, rotating; place of a change in direction; act of shaping an object on a lathe; object which is shaped on a lathe tÉœrn /tɜːn n. rotational movement; change of direction …

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  • 19be in the act of doing something — phrase to be doing something at a particular moment, especially when something else happens or when someone interrupts you She stopped in the act of turning and stared at me. Thesaurus: to do somethingsynonym Main entry: act …

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  • 20be in the act of doing something — to be doing something at a particular moment, especially when something else happens or when someone interrupts you She stopped in the act of turning and stared at me …

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