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by turns

by turns prepositional phrase: one after the other; successively; alternating.

Prepositional phrase

  1. One after the other; successively; alternating.
    • I am by turns angry and amused. I am the butchest of the three roommates; obviously she thought I was the most likely to get over my “bisexual phase.”1995, Robin Sweeney, “Too Butch to Be Bi (or You Can't Judge a Boy by Her Lover)”, in Naomi Tucker, Liz Highleyman, Rebecca Kaplan, editors, Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions...
  2. (obsolete) At intervals; from time to time.
    • [They] feel by turns the bitter change.1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

by turns meaning in Tamil

by turns in Tamil

முறைகாரன்

Questions about by turns

What does by turns mean?
By turns means one after the other; successively; alternating.
What is by turns in Tamil?
By turns in Tamil is முறைகாரன். See By turns meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is by turns?
By turns is a prepositional phrase.

Words near by turns in the dictionary

  1. by the way of
  2. by their fruits you will know them
  3. by thunder
  4. by Toutatis
  5. by trade
  6. by turns
  7. by vice of
  8. by virtue of
  9. by way of
  10. by way of example
  11. by wire

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