Meaning of "overturn" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF OVERTURN

overturn  [ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERTURN

Overturn is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb overturn in English.

WHAT DOES OVERTURN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Overturn

Overturn is a video game developed by Studio Zan for WiiWare. It was released in Japan on December 2, 2008, in North America on August 3, 2009 and in Europe on February 12, 2010 by Gamebridge as Overturn: Mecha Wars.

Definition of overturn in the English dictionary

The first definition of overturn in the dictionary is to turn or cause to turn from an upright or normal position. Other definition of overturn is to overthrow or destroy. Overturn is also to invalidate; reverse.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERTURN

PRESENT

Present

I overturn

you overturn

he/she/it overturns

we overturn

you overturn

they overturn

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

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

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I overturned

you overturned

he/she/it overturned

we overturned

you overturned

they 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

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

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will overturn

you will overturn

he/she/it will overturn

we will overturn

you will overturn

they will overturn

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

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 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

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would overturn

you would overturn

he/she/it would overturn

we would overturn

you would overturn

they would overturn

Conditional continuous

I would be overturning

you would be overturning

he/she/it would be overturning

we would be overturning

you would be overturning

they would be overturning

Conditional perfect

I would have overturn

you would have overturn

he/she/it would have overturn

we would have overturn

you would have overturn

they would have overturn

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been overturning

you would have been overturning

he/she/it would have been overturning

we would have been overturning

you would have been overturning

they would have been overturning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you overturn
we let´s overturn
you overturn

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to overturn

Past participle

overturned

Present Participle

overturning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «OVERTURN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «overturn» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of overturn

abolish · alter · annul · bring down · cancel · capsize · change · countermand · crush · defeat · depose · destroy · dethrone · do away with · invalidate · keel over · negate · nullify · obviate · oust · overbalance · overcome · override · overrule · overset · overthrow · quash · repeal · rescind · reverse · revoke · set aside · spill · topple · unseat · upend · upset · upturn

TRANSLATION OF OVERTURN

Find out the translation of overturn to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of overturn from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overturn» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 翻倒
• Translator English - Spanish: volcar
• English: overturn
• Translator English - Hindi: उलट
• Translator English - Arabic: إلغاء
• Translator English - Russian: отменить
• Translator English - Portuguese: virar
• Translator English - Bengali: ত্তলটান
• Translator English - French: se renverser
• Translator English - Malay: Terbalik
• Translator English - German: umwerfen
• Translator English - Japanese: ひっくり返す/ひっくり返る
• Translator English - Korean: 뒤집히다
• Translator English - Javanese: Overturn
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lật ngửa
• Translator English - Tamil: மாற்றுகிறார்கள்
• Translator English - Marathi: उलटणे
• Translator English - Turkish: devirmek
• Translator English - Italian: rovesciare
• Translator English - Polish: przewrócenie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: скасувати
• Translator English - Romanian: răsturna
• Translator English - Greek: ανατρέψει
• Translator English - Afrikaans: omslaan
• Translator English - Swedish: välta
• Translator English - Norwegian: velte

10 QUOTES WITH «OVERTURN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overturn.

1

Riz Ahmed

Bandwagons roll through our lives. It's up to you whether you jump on them unquestioningly or jump on them to overturn them and subvert them.

2

Ian Anderson

If Jesus Christ came back today, He and I would get into our brown corduroys and go to the nearest jean store and overturn the racks of blue denim.

3

James Baker

This is what happens, when, for the first time in modern history, a candidate resorts to lawsuits to try to overturn the outcome of an election for president.

4

Georges Bataille

Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them.

5

David Blunkett

I'm a great aficionado of history. I was deeply affected by seeing the disintegration of any chance of democracy coping with fascism in the Weimar republic, where woolly-minded, well-meaning liberalism actually allowed the forces of darkness to use democracy, to exploit democracy, to overturn democracy.

6

Rick Boucher

The first legislation that I produced relating to the Internet was a bill to overturn a restriction inside of the law that prohibited the Internet backbone from being used for anything other than research and scientific and educational communication.

7

Stephanie Herseth

While Congress can't overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from landowners.

8

Ruth Hubbard

To overturn orthodoxy is no easier in science than in philosophy, religion, economics, or any of the other disciplines through which we try to comprehend the world and the society in which we live.

9

Dennis Kucinich

First off, I never favored a constitutional amendment to criminalize abortion or to overturn Roe v. Wade.

10

Ben Stein

If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERTURN»

Discover the use of overturn in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overturn and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Obama Health Law: What It Says and How to Overturn It: What ...

Whether you are a man or a woman, pro-choice or pro-life, you lose freedom and privacy. In 1994, Betsy McCaughey read the 1,362-page Clinton health bill, warned the nation of its dangers, and made history.

Betsy McCaughey, 2013

Prop 8 Overturn

November 4, 2008 was a time when many GLBT in California lost their rights to marry. It was a time when Judge Vaughn Walker from San Francisco overturned Prop 8 in November 4, 2010.

Alfredo Duran, 2011

Lake Overturn: A Novel

With sweeping perspective and a Victorian wealth of character, Lake Overturn exposes small-town America in all its beauty and treachery, sunshine and secrets.

Vestal McIntyre, 2010

Fresh Water

Currents set in motion by the wind stir and mix the water; what follows is known as lake overturn. During overturn the whole body of lake water becomes thoroughly mixed; dissolved nutrients, dissolved oxygen, and floating microorganisms, ...

E. C. Pielou, 1998

Language and Society in a Changing Italy

Ribaltone mascherato (Masked overturn) Ribaltone in divisa (Overturn in uniform ) Ribaltone con la cipria (Overturn with face-powder) Ribaltone rosa (Pink overturn) Ribaltone in guanti bianchi (Overturn in white gloves) Here, each variation ...

Arturo Tosi, 2001

Instructions for Appraising Stumpage on National Forests

cent on the milling overturn is sufficient. The margin on the overturn in logging, including depreciation of the logging investments, may then be adjusted to the conditions and risks on each chance. Use of Both the Investment and the Overturn ...

United States. Forest Service, 1922

Lake Restoration, Protection, and Management: Proceedings of ...

Neither nitrogen nor silica were found to limit phytoplankton growth at overturn ( Birch, 1976; Lazoff, 1980). In Lake Meridian, ferrous iron reached a concentration of over 2 mg/l in the hypolimnion by the end of stratification. Although iron ...

North American Lake Management Society. Conference, United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water Regulations and Standards, 1983

English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...

To OVERTURN is simply to turn over, which may be more or less gradual : but to OVERTHROW is to throw over, which ... To overturn is to turn a thing either with its side or its bottom upward ; but to SUBVERT is to turn that under which should  ...

George Crabb, 1818

Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago

in proposing that a rapid overturn of deep anoxic waters released a large volume of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and triggered the extinction.21 The most suggestive evidence for this release are those odd carbonates found near the ...

Douglas H. Erwin, 2006

English synonymes explained in alphabetical order

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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERTURN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overturn is used in the context of the following news items.

'Possible to overturn suspension'

A lawyer said that The Edge's suspension can still be successfully challenged in court even though the Printing Presses and Publication Act ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»

Rajat Gupta Tries New Legal Recourse to Overturn Conviction

New York: India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta is resorting to fresh legal recourse to appeal denial by a US judge of his bid ... «NDTV, Jul 15»

Man convicted of UI rape seeks overturn of verdict

A man convicted of raping a woman outside a University of Idaho fraternity house has asked that his conviction and 15-year sentence be ... «KREM.com, Jul 15»

Child rapist Terrence Tucker fails to overturn conviction

A child rapist, jailed after getting a teenage girl pregnant, has failed in an appeal court bid to overturn his conviction. Terrence Tucker, 49, was ... «BBC News, Jul 15»

Burglary suspects overturn victim's car in driveway trying to flee scene

TULSA - Two suspects overturned a car in the driveway of a midtown home Friday morning while fleeing the scene of a burglary. «kjrh.com, Jul 15»

Bracknell cannabis growing twins fail to overturn jail sentences

Twin brothers jailed for their “industrial scale” cannabis growing plot have failed to overturn their convictions. Keiran and Anthony O'Brien, from ... «getreading, Jul 15»

Appeal lodged in bid to overturn Melton Council's decision to refuse …

Appeal lodged in bid to overturn Melton Council's decision to refuse planning permission for Old Dalby wind turbine ... «Melton Times, Jul 15»

Appeal lodged in bid to overturn council's decision over Westward …

A DEVELOPER is challenging Torridge District Council's decision to refuse planning permission for a luxury hotel in the heart of Westward Ho! «North Devon Journal, Jul 15»

DA agrees to overturn death penalty conviction to save tax payers …

DA agrees to overturn death penalty conviction to save tax payers money. 07/23/2015 12:34 PM. Man convicted in 1984 murder is serving life ... «Kern Golden Empire, Jul 15»

'Brave' call to overturn flyover ruling - lawyer

Opponents of a flyover near Wellington's Basin Reserve say it would be a "brave" judgment to overturn a decision to deny the project's resource ... «Radio New Zealand, Jul 15»