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o·ver·turn

(ō′vər-tûrn′)

v. o·ver·turned, o·ver·turn·ing, o·ver·turns

v.tr.

a. To cause to turn over; upset or flip over: Large waves overturned the raft.

b. To cause to fall over; knock or topple over: bumped the vase and overturned it.

c. To ransack: found that the room had been overturned during the night.

a. To cause the downfall, destruction, or ending of; overthrow or abolish. See Synonyms at overthrow.

b. Law To invalidate or reverse (a decision) by legal means: "his continuing legal battles to overturn a draft-evasion conviction" (Robert Lipsyte).

v.intr.

To turn over or capsize: The car went off the road and overturned.

n. (ō′vər-tûrn′)

1. The act or process of overturning: the court's overturn of a ruling.

2. The state of having been overturned.

3. The periodic mixing or circulation of water in a lake or sea as a result of changing temperature of its layers.

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overturn

1. to turn or cause to turn from an upright or normal position

2. (tr) to overthrow or destroy

3. (tr) to invalidate; reverse: the bill was passed in the Commons but overturned in the Lords.

the act of overturning or the state of being overturned

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o•ver•turn

(v. ˌoʊ vərˈtɜrn; n. ˈoʊ vərˌtɜrn)
v.t.

1. to cause to turn over on the side, face, or back.

2. to destroy the power of; overthrow.

v.i.

3. to turn over; capsize.

4. the act of overturning.

5. the state of being overturned.

6. the thorough circulation of water and nutrients brought about in a lake by the action of wind in the spring and fall.

[1175–1225]

overturn

Past participle: overturned
Gerund: overturning

Imperative
overturn
overturn

Present
I overturn
you overturn
he/she/it overturns
we overturn
you overturn
they overturn

Preterite
I overturned
you overturned
he/she/it overturned
we overturned
you overturned
they overturned

Present Continuous
I am overturning
you are overturning
he/she/it is overturning
we are overturning
you are overturning
they are overturning

Present Perfect
I have overturned
you have overturned
he/she/it has overturned
we have overturned
you have overturned
they have overturned

Past Continuous
I was overturning
you were overturning
he/she/it was overturning
we were overturning
you were overturning
they were overturning

Past Perfect
I had overturned
you had overturned
he/she/it had overturned
we had overturned
you had overturned
they had overturned

Future
I will overturn
you will overturn
he/she/it will overturn
we will overturn
you will overturn
they will overturn

Future Perfect
I will have overturned
you will have overturned
he/she/it will have overturned
we will have overturned
you will have overturned
they will have overturned

Future Continuous
I will be overturning
you will be overturning
he/she/it will be overturning
we will be overturning
you will be overturning
they will be overturning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been overturning
you have been overturning
he/she/it has been overturning
we have been overturning
you have been overturning
they have been overturning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been overturning
you will have been overturning
he/she/it will have been overturning
we will have been overturning
you will have been overturning
they will have been overturning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been overturning
you had been overturning
he/she/it had been overturning
we had been overturning
you had been overturning
they had been overturning

Conditional
I would overturn
you would overturn
he/she/it would overturn
we would overturn
you would overturn
they would overturn

Past Conditional
I would have overturned
you would have overturned
he/she/it would have overturned
we would have overturned
you would have overturned
they would have overturned

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Noun	1.	overturn - the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" turnover, upset upending, inversion - turning upside down; setting on end
	2.	overturn - an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" upset success - an attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success"
Verb	1.	overturn - turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" tip over, tump over, turn over capsize, turn turtle, turtle - overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!" turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" upend - become turned or set on end; "the airplanes upended" tip over, tump over, bowl over, knock over, overturn, turn over, upset - cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"
	2.	overturn - cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" bowl over, knock over, tip over, tump over, turn over, upset move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over - turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"
	3.	overturn - rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" override, overrule, overthrow, reverse decree, rule - decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
	4.	overturn - cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class" overthrow, subvert, bring down revolutionize - overthrow by a revolution, of governments depose, force out - force to leave (an office)
	5.	overturn - cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" countermand, repeal, rescind, revoke, annul, vacate, reverse, lift go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on - fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise" strike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"
	6.	overturn - change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe" revolutionize, revolutionise alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

overturn

verb

1. tip over, spill, topple, upturn, capsize, upend, keel over, overbalance The lorry went out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall. Two salmon fishermen died when their boat overturned.

2. knock over or down, upset, upturn, tip over, upend Alex jumped up so violently that he overturned the table.

3. reverse, change, alter, cancel, abolish, overthrow, set aside, repeal, quash, revoke, overrule, override, negate, rescind, invalidate, annul, nullify, obviate, countermand, declare null and void, overset The Russian parliament overturned his decision.

4. overthrow, defeat, destroy, overcome, crush, bring down, oust, topple, do away with, depose, unseat, dethrone He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

overturn

verb

1. To turn or cause to turn from a vertical or horizontal position:

capsize, knock over, overthrow, topple, turn over, upset.

2. To bring about the downfall of:

bring down, overthrow, subvert, topple, tumble, unhorse.

Translations

يَقْلِبُ رأسا على عَقْب

vælte

kentern umkippen

volcar

faire chavirer renverser

velta, hvolfa

capovolgere capovolgersi rovesciare

apgāzt

prevrátiť sa

prevrniti

devirmek

使翻倒推翻

overturn

[ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn]

A. VT [+ car, boat, saucepan] → volcar; [+ government] → derrocar, derribar; [+ decision, ruling] → anular
they managed to have the ruling overturned → lograron hacer anular la decisión

B. VI [car] → volcar, dar una vuelta de campana; [boat] → zozobrar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

overturn

[ˌəʊvə^rˈtɜː^rn]

[+ object] → renverser

[+ decision, judgement] → infirmer

[+ regime, system] → renverser

vi [vehicle] → se retourner

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

overturn

(lit) → umkippen, umwerfen; (= capsize) boat → zum Kentern bringen, umkippen; the ship rocked violently overturning chairs and tables → das Schiff schwankte so heftig, dass Tische und Stühle umkippten

(fig) regime → stürzen; philosophy, world view → umstürzen; law, ban, conviction → aufheben

vi (chair) → umkippen; (boat also) → kentern

n (of government) → Sturz m; (of world view etc) → Umsturz m; (of law, ban, conviction) → Aufhebung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

overturn

[ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn]

1. vt (car, boat, chair) → capovolgere, ribaltare; (government, regime) → rovesciare (Law) (decision) → annullare, cassare

2. vi (car, boat) → rovesciarsi, ribaltarsi

overturn

(əuvəˈtəːn) verb

to turn over. They overturned the boat; The car overturned.

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Socrates proceeds:--Suppose the Laws of Athens to come and remonstrate with him: they will ask 'Why does he seek to overturn them?' and if he replies, they have injured him,' will not the Laws answer, 'Yes, but was that the agreement?

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In my terror and turmoil of mind I could imagine nothing less than that the Old Nick, at the moment of our overturn, had annihilated my wife and jumped into her petticoats.

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Solon seems not to have altered the established form of government, either with respect to the senate or the mode of electing their magistrates; but to have raised the people to great consideration in the state by allotting the supreme judicial department to them; and for this some persons blame him, as having done what would soon overturn that balance of power he intended to establish; for by trying all causes whatsoever before the people, who were chosen by lot to determine them, it was necessary to flatter a tyrannical populace who had got this power; which contributed to bring the government to that pure democracy it now is.

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Jones was so delighted with this news, that, though it was dark when they returned home, he could not help going back a mile, in a shower of rain, to acquaint the poor woman with the glad tidings; but, like other hasty divulgers of news, he only brought on himself the trouble of contradicting it: for the ill fortune of Black George made use of the very opportunity of his friend's absence to overturn all again.

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I WON'T confine myself to four - eight, sixteen, two-and-thirty, rather than say anything calculated to overturn the Doctor's plans.'

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Nor is even this way without danger, for these destructive animals overturn the floats, and tear the passengers in pieces.

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A NUMBER of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in a housekeeper's room, and placing their feet in it, ate greedily.

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Phileas Fogg, thus kidnapped, without having time to think, left his house, jumped into a cab, promised a hundred pounds to the cabman, and, having run over two dogs and overturned five carriages, reached the Reform Club.

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Something happened to the hindmost sledge: the driver lost control-- he was probably very drunk--the horses left the road, the sledge was caught in a clump of trees, and overturned. The occupants rolled out over the snow, and the fleetest of the wolves sprang upon them.

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Some years ago, I remember, there was a hearse with two horses returning one dark night, and just by Farmer Sparrow's house, where the pond is close to the road, the wheels went too near the edge, and the hearse was overturned into the water; both the horses were drowned, and the driver hardly escaped.

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The manufactory in which our family was fabricated was formerly known as the Chateau de la Rocheaimard, and had been the property of the Vicomte de la Rocheaimard previously to the revolution that overturned the throne of Louis XVI.

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"Laura (said He fixing his now languid Eyes on me) I fear I have been overturned."

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