How to use overturn in a sentence. To overturn a decision or judgment is for a court to change it so it will not be in effect: To turn over or capsize The car went off the road and overturned The act or process of overturning The court's overturn of a ruling
The state of having been overturned The periodic mixing or circulation of water in a lake or sea as a result of changing temperature of its layers. To cause (something) to turn onto its side, face, or back See examples of overturn used in a sentence. To overturn a government or system means to remove it or destroy it He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government
[verb noun] collins cobuild advanced learner’s dictionary Definition of overturn verb from the oxford advanced learner's dictionary [intransitive, transitive] if something overturns, or if somebody overturns it, it turns into a position in which the top of it is where the bottom of it normally is or on its side The car skidded and overturned. The overturning or overthrow of some institution or state of affairs
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