"good turn" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-good turn.ogg [Australia] Forms: good turns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} good turn (plural good turns)
  1. (idiomatic) A good deed; a thoughtful or selfless act. Tags: idiomatic Translations (good deed): 恩惠 (ēnhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 好意 (hǎoyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 善行 (shànxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), palvelus (Finnish), hyvä teko (Finnish), bonne action [feminine] (French), przysługa [feminine] (Polish), dobry uczynek [masculine] (Polish), добрая услу́га (dobraja uslúga) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-good_turn-en-noun-HQG1y~47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for good turn meaning in English (2.1kB)

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