in turn en · ADP
Pronunciation
- /ɪn ˈtɜːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɪn ˈtɜɹn/ (General-American)
Meanings
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One after the other; one at a time; in succession; successively.
Each member of the group, in turn, rose to share a personal story, until nearly everyone in the room had spoken.
Eventually, each of the countries in turn would be brought to submission by the invading force.
The teacher answered the students each in turn.
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In due order; in proper sequence; in a determined or measured sequence, as a waiting line or queue.
You are next in turn to bat.
The boy was next in turn to sit on Santa's lap.
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In response; in return.
As was the case with the "Merchant Navy" locomotives, some of these features have proved troublesome, and this in turn at times has reflected on performance as well as on maintenance.
1957 October 14, “Modification of "West Country" Class Pacific”, in Railway Magazine, page 727:With great humility, I call upon all Americans to help me keep our nation united in defense of those ideals which have been so eloquently proclaimed by Franklin Roosevelt. I want in turn to assure my fellow Americans and all of those who love peace and liberty throughout the world that I will support and defend those ideals with all my strength and all my heart.
1945 April 16, Harry S. Truman, 9:21 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S., Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:The initiated member gave a gift of a coin for the goddess, for which he received in turn a phallus and some salt.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 85:The musical ambassadors finished their performance, and the local musicians in turn played for them a traditional ballad.
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Having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned; accordingly or similarly, with respect to sequence, precedence, or hierarchy.
My car was hit by a truck, which in turn was hit by the van.
The vassals were subject to their lords, who in turn were subject to barons or kings.
Mr. X leaked the secret to Mr. Y who in turn leaked it to Mr. Z.
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uk по че́рзі (one after the other; successively) · no etter tur (in due order, as a queue) · uk послідо́вно (one after the other; successively) · cmn 作為交換 /作为交换 (in response, in return) · pl z kolei (one after the other; successively) · la vicem (one after the other; successively) · it a propria volta (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · sh за̏узвра̄т (in response, in return) · sv i tur och ordning (one after the other; successively) · hu viszont (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · pl z kolei (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · hu sorra (one after the other; successively) · fi vuorotellen (one after the other; successively) · hu egymás után (one after the other; successively) · hu viszonzásul (in response, in return) · no i tur og orden (in due order, as a queue) · fr tour à tour (one after the other; successively) · hu jön (in due order, as a queue) · la a parte (one after the other; successively) · de wiederum (in response, in return) · es por vez (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · sh zȁuzvrāt (in response, in return) · hu sorban (one after the other; successively) · it a turno (one after the other; successively) · ru та́кже (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · gd mu seach (one after the other; successively) · pt por vez (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · fr à son tour (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · nl in een beurtrol (one after the other; successively) · he זֶה אַחַר זֶה (one after the other; successively) · eo laŭvice (in due order, as a queue) · nl om de beurt (one after the other; successively) · sv på tur (in due order, as a queue) · ru по о́череди (one after the other; successively) · sv i gengäld (in response, in return) · ru в свою́ о́чередь (in response, in return) · eo laŭvice (one after the other; successively) · pt por sua vez (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · pl w kolejności (in due order, as a queue) · hu cserébe (in response, in return) · fi vuorostaan (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · it in coda (in due order, as a queue) · cmn 按次序地 (one after the other; successively) · fr en retour (in response, in return) · it uno dopo l'altro (one after the other; successively) · de der Reihe nach (one after the other; successively) · uk в свою́ че́ргу (in response, in return) · fr à tour de rôle (one after the other; successively) · ru в свою́ о́чередь (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · it in risposta (in response, in return) · fi vuorostaan (in response, in return) · es a mi / tu / vuestra vez (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · fi vuorotellen (in due order, as a queue) · pt por vez (one after the other; successively) · es a su vez (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · cmn 輪流 /轮流 (one after the other; successively) · ru в о́череди (in due order, as a queue) · de wiederum (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · fi vuorossa (in due order, as a queue) · hu pedig (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · hu sorjában (one after the other; successively) · pt por vez (in response, in return) · fr à leur tour (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · sv i turordning (one after the other; successively) · el διαδοχικά (one after the other; successively) · pl z kolei (in response, in return) · gd mu seach (in due order, as a queue) · de nacheinander (one after the other; successively) · ja 順々に (one after the other; successively) · la vicissim (in response, in return) · ru в отве́т (in response, in return) · cmn 依次 (one after the other; successively) · ja 次々に (one after the other; successively) · hu válaszul (in response, in return) · eo siavice (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · ar بدوره (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · no en etter en (one after the other; successively) · hu másfelől (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · az öz növbəsində (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · ru после́довательно (one after the other; successively) · hu ugyanakkor (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · sv i sin tur (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · ru то́же (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · it una dopo l'altra (one after the other; successively) · hu viszonzásképp (in response, in return) · hu következik (in due order, as a queue) · fi puolestaan (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned) · no i rekkefølge (in due order, as a queue)