"turning point" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-turning-point.ogg Forms: turning points [plural]
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  1. A decisive point at which a significant change or historical event occurs, or at which a decision must be made. Synonyms: crossroads, watershed Related terms: momentous (taxonomic: English adjective-equivalent), tipping point Translations (decisive point): повратна точка (povratna točka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 轉折點 (Chinese Mandarin), 转折点 (zhuǎnzhédiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), vendepunkt [neuter] (Danish), keerpunt [neuter] (Dutch), wendepunt [neuter] (Dutch), käännekohta (Finnish), murros (Finnish), tournant [masculine] (French), moment charnière [masculine] (French), punto de inflexión (Galician), Wendepunkt [masculine] (German), Zäsur [feminine, formal] (German), fordulópont (Hungarian), þáttaskil [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), svolta [feminine] (Italian), inversione [feminine] (Italian), 転機 (tenki) (alt: てんき) (Japanese), 変わり目 (kawarime) (alt: かわりめ) (Japanese), 전기 (jeon'gi) (alt: 轉機) (Korean), 전환점 (jeonhwanjeom) (alt: 轉換點) (Korean), discrīmen [neuter] (Latin), taihuringa (Maori), vendepunkt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), vendepunkt [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), نقطهی عطف (Persian), دگرگونگاه (Persian), punkt zwrotny [masculine] (Polish), virada de mesa [feminine] (Portuguese), ponto de inflexão (Portuguese), punct de cotitură [neuter] (Romanian), перело́мный моме́нт (perelómnyj momént) [masculine] (Russian), поворо́тный моме́нт (povorótnyj momént) [masculine] (Russian), поворо́тный пункт (povorótnyj punkt) [masculine] (Russian), punto de inflexión [masculine] (Spanish), vändpunkt [common-gender] (Swedish), จุดวิกฤต (jùt-wí-grʉ̀t) (Thai), dönüm noktası (Turkish), перело́мний моме́нт (perelómnyj momént) [masculine] (Ukrainian), поворо́тний моме́нт (povorótnyj momént) [masculine] (Ukrainian), поворо́тний пункт (povorótnyj punkt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), перело́м (perelóm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bước ngoặt (Vietnamese), bước quyết định (Vietnamese)
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  2. (calculus) A maximum or minimum on a graph. Categories (topical): Calculus Translations ((calculus) maximum or minimum): екстремум (ekstremum) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vendepunkt [neuter] (Danish), ääriarvo (Finnish), käännepiste (Finnish), Extremwert [masculine] (German), vendepunkt [neuter] (Norwegian), extremvärde [neuter] (Swedish), จุดวกกลับ (jùt-wók-glàp) (Thai), kırılma noktası (Turkish)
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  3. A crossroads.
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  4. A T-junction.
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      "word": "จุดวิกฤต"
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      "sense": "decisive point",
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      "sense": "decisive point",
      "word": "bước quyết định"
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      "word": "จุดวกกลับ"
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