(philosophy) The shift which occurred in philosophical attention, during the 20th century and within a number of philosophical schools of thought, from traditional themes of metaphysics and epistemology to a focus on the structure and usage of language and the relation of language to human understanding of those traditional themes.

(idiomatic) To excite (often sexually), to increase interest.

Approximately at the end of one year and the beginning of the next.

The beginning or end of a certain century.

(idiomatic) A deviation from the expected course of events.

(New Zealand) To go badly awry.

Of a whale: to go under, dive. / (nautical slang) To turn in, go to bed.

(obsolete, intransitive) To revolve. / (dated, intransitive) To reverse one's position; to turn round. / (obsolete, reflexive) To turn (oneself) around.

(idiomatic) To obtain profit from an investment. / (idiomatic, by extension) To gain money or to gain materially.

Synonym of turn and turn about