'Turning point' definitions:
Definition of 'turning point'
From: WordNet
noun
An event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend; "the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations" [syn: landmark, turning point, watershed]
noun
The intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by" [syn: corner, street corner, turning point]
Definition of 'Turning point'
From: GCIDE
- Turning \Turn"ing\, n.
- 1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a flexure; a meander. [1913 Webster]
- Through paths and turnings often trod by day. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road. [1913 Webster]
- It is preached at every turning. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various forms by means of a lathe and cutting tools. [1913 Webster]
- 5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned; -- usually used in the plural. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned. [1913 Webster]
- Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring large work.
- Turning bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge.
- Turning engine, an engine lathe.
- Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work.
- Turning pair. See the Note under Pair, n.
- Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and which decides a case. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'turning point'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bench mark,
- cardinal point,
- chief thing,
- climacteric,
- climax,
- clutch,
- contingency,
- convergence of events,
- core,
- cornerstone,
- crisis,
- critical juncture,
- critical point,
- crossroads,
- crucial period,
- crunch,
- crux,
- culmination,
- emergency,
- essence,
- essential,
- essential matter,
- exigency,
- extremity,
- fundamental,
- gist,
- gravamen,
- great point,
- heart,
- high point,
- hinge,
- important thing,
- issue,
- kernel,
- keystone,
- landmark,
- main point,
- main thing,
- material point,
- meat,
- milestone,
- moment of truth,
- nub,
- pass,
- peak,
- pinch,
- pith,
- pivot,
- push,
- real issue,
- rub,
- salient point,
- sine qua non,
- strait,
- substance,
- substantive point,
- the bottom line,
- the point,
- turn,
- zero hour