Meanings
prepositional phrase
- When it is not one's turn.
1 more example
There are also controls to select out-of-turn working or acknowledge a warning that the programme-roll description of a train and train-describer description are at variance, [...].[...] The machines can automatically take account of late running of trains and, if it exceeds a pre-determined amount, can despatch a train out of turn.
1960 December, “More L.T. progress with programme machines”, in Trains Illustrated, page 758
Translations
Dutch met voorrang, voor zijn beurt
- met voorrangwhen it is not one's turn
- voor zijn beurtwhen it is not one's turn
Finnish jonottamatta, jonon ohi
- jonottamattawhen it is not one's turn
- jonon ohiwhen it is not one's turn
French avant son tour, par priorité
- avant son tourwhen it is not one's turn
- par prioritéwhen it is not one's turn
- exceptionnellementwhen it is not one's turn
- hors tourwhen it is not one's turn
- hors sériewhen it is not one's turn
- avec prioritéwhen it is not one's turn
- de faveurwhen it is not one's turn
- anticipéwhen it is not one's turn
German außer der Reihe
- außer der Reihewhen it is not one's turn
Hungarian soron kívül
- soron kívülwhen it is not one's turn
Italian fuori turno, fuori di turno
- fuori turnowhen it is not one's turn
- fuori di turnowhen it is not one's turn
Latin extra ordinem
- extra ordinemwhen it is not one's turn
Polish poza kolejką
- poza kolejkąwhen it is not one's turn
Russian вне очереди, без очереди
- вне очереди (vne očeredi)when it is not one's turn
- без очереди (bez očeredi)when it is not one's turn
Spanish fuera de turno
- fuera de turnowhen it is not one's turn
Cite this entry
APA
out of turn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20turn
MLA
“out of turn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20turn. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out of turn,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20turn.
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