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Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, polite
Examples
- We take turns to answer the phone.
- Round-robin scheduling arranges to have all teams or players take turns playing each other
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
do something in turns
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We take turns on the night shift
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alternate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, move
Narrower terms: spell
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Cherokee:
ᎠᏓᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗᎭ
(adanetliyvsdiha)
— do the same thing one after another
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Chinese Mandarin:
輪班 /轮班
(lúnbān)
— do the same thing one after another
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Chinese Mandarin:
輪換 /轮换
(lúnhuàn)
— do the same thing one after another
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Chinese Mandarin:
交替
(jiāotì)
— do the same thing one after another
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Chinese Mandarin:
倒替
(dǎotì)
— do the same thing one after another
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Danish:
skiftes ad
— do the same thing one after another
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Dutch:
om de beurt
— do the same thing one after another
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Dutch:
elkaar afwisselen
— do the same thing one after another
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Finnish:
vuorotella
— do the same thing one after another
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French:
se relayer
— do the same thing one after another
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French:
faire quelque chose à tour de rôle
— do the same thing one after another
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German:
sich abwechseln
— do the same thing one after another
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Hungarian:
felváltva
— do the same thing one after another
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Icelandic:
skiptast á
— do the same thing one after another
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Irish:
ar a seal
— do the same thing one after another
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Irish:
sealaíocht a dhéanamh
— do the same thing one after another
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Italian:
avvicendarsi
— do the same thing one after another
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Norwegian Bokmål:
rullere
— do the same thing one after another
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Polish:
robić na zmianę
— do the same thing one after another
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Portuguese:
revezar
— do the same thing one after another
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Russian:
сменяться
(smenjatʹsja)
— do the same thing one after another
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Russian:
чередоваться
(čeredovatʹsja)
— do the same thing one after another
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Spanish:
turnarse
— do the same thing one after another
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Spanish:
alternarse
— do the same thing one after another
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Spanish:
rotarse
— do the same thing one after another
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Swedish:
turas om
— do the same thing one after another
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Ukrainian:
чергува́тися
(čerhuvátysja)
— do the same thing one after another
