HyperDic: volte-face

English > 1 sense of the word volte-face:
NOUNactvolte-face, about-face, reversal, policy changea major change in attitude or principle or point of view
English > volte-face: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA major change in attitude or principle or point of view.
Synonymsabout-face, reversal, policy change
NarrowerundoingAn act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)
BroaderchangeThe action of changing something
Spanishgiro en redondo, viraje
Catalanviratge

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict