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10 Language-to-English DictionariesTide-turner
/ˈtaɪdˌtɜːr.nər/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An event, circumstance, or person that successfully reverses the trend or outcome of a situation.
"The unexpected goal served as a tide-turner for the struggling team." - 2
A decisive factor that changes momentum in a competitive or critical scenario.
"Advanced technology acted as a tide-turner in the market competition."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verbal phrase 'turn the tide', which originates from maritime observations of ocean tides reversing direction. The compound noun form emerged in the 19th century to describe events, forces, or individuals capable of completely reversing the direction of a struggle, contest, or historical trend.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tide-turner" is said worldwide
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tournant
Transliteration: toor-nahn
"Ce match a été le tournant de la saison."
Wendepunkt
Transliteration: ven-deh-poonkt
"Diese Entdeckung war ein echter Wendepunkt."
svolta
Transliteration: svol-tah
"La nuova legge è stata una svolta decisiva."
punto de inflexión
Transliteration: poon-to deh in-flek-syohn
"El discurso marcó un punto de inflexión en la historia."
virada
Transliteration: vee-rah-dah
"Aquela vitória foi a virada do campeonato."
पासा पलटने वाला
Transliteration: pasa palatne wala
"यह निर्णय खेल का पासा पलटने वाला साबित हुआ।"
转折点
Transliteration: zhuǎn zhé diǎn
"这项新技术是整个行业的转折点。"
전환점
Transliteration: jeon-hwan-jeom
"그의 발언은 협상의 결정적 전환점이 되었다."
転換点
Transliteration: tenkanten
"その発見は歴史の大きな転換点となった。"
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