Usually means: Moment causing significant change, direction.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word turning point:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. turning point: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. turning point: Merriam-Webster
  3. turning point: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. turning point: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. turning point: Collins English Dictionary
  6. turning point: Vocabulary.com
  7. turning-point, turning point: Wordnik
  8. turning point: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. turning point: Wiktionary
  10. turning point: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. turning point: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. turning point: Dictionary.com
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  14. turning point: Rhymezone
  15. turning point: FreeDictionary.org
  16. turning point: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. turning point: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Turning Point, turning point: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. turning point: Idioms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (turning point)

noun:  A decisive point at which a significant change or historical event occurs, or at which a decision must be made.
noun:  (calculus) A maximum or minimum on a graph.
noun:  A crossroads.
noun:  A T-junction.
noun:  A place at which one changes their direction of travel.

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