180

English Alternative forms en 180° one-eighty Etymology From en 180-degree turn. Noun en sports An instance of spinning 180 degrees, so that one is facing in the opposite direction. en He did a 180 off the diving board. en figuratively The exact opposite. en The friendly welcome was a 180 from what she had been expecting. en As a result of his refusal, the employee was subsequently canned in 2015 on the basis of being boring In other words, it was a complete 180 from most employees who get fired for being too wild. Man wins legal right to be 'boring' at work, gets $3K from company B. Cost 2022-11-25 2022-11-27 New York Post NYP Holdings https://nypost.com/2022/11/25/frenchman-wins-the-right-to-be-no-fun-at-work/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250821162733/https://nypost.com/2022/11/25/frenchman-wins-the-right-to-be-no-fun-at-work/ 21 August 2025 en figuratively by extension A complete change of direction or opinion. en U-turn about-face about-turn en She used to like turnips, but she did a 180 and now hates them. en 2006 w:Amy Winehouse; w:Paul O'Duffy Wake Up Alone w:Back to Black w:Amy Winehouse Got so sick of crying, so just lately When I catch myself, I do a 180 en 2025-08-19 Mann Charles C. Josh Fischman Charles C. Mann What Happens When an Entire Generation of Scientists Changes Its Mind? Total reversals in scientific thinking are rare—but earth-shattering w:Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-happens-when-an-entire-scientific-field-changes-its-mind/ The lack of 180s partly results from the way that scientific disciplines ground themselves over time. In retrospect, one can’t be surprised that the first experiment to carefully examine the aether failed to find it. But it would be extremely surprising if, after decades of experimental verification, quarks were shown not to exist. In addition, as disciplines grow older and bigger, they end up naturally absorbing people with minority points of view. So instead of entire disciplines executing a U-turn, these minority beliefs shift and twist while becoming acceptable to the majority. Then there is the political influence on scientific 180s. In the U.S., politics and science collided right after 1803, the year of the Louisiana Purchase. The argument over the climate in the plains was an early example of an increasingly common phenomenon: the mismatch between the slow, unsteady movement of scientific understanding and the immediate, short-term imperatives of politics and economics, which can lead to what seem like vertiginous scientific reversals. https://web.archive.org/web/20260112022427/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-happens-when-an-entire-scientific-field-changes-its-mind/ 12 January 2026 en darts A turn where all three darts hit the treble 20 sector, scoring 180 points (the maximum possible). Usage notes Often used with en do and en complete (do a complete 180). Coordinate terms en 0 2160<t:6 turns> 1980<t:5 1 2 turns> 1800<t:5 turns> 1620<t:4 1 2 turns> 1440<t:4 turns> 1260<t:3 1 2 turns> 1080<t:3 turns> 900<t:2 1 2 turns> 720<t:2 turns> 540<t:1 1 2 turns> 360<t:1 turn> Swedish Pronunciation sv /²ɛtˌɔtɪ/ Noun c sv sports en 180 sv Jag gjorde en 180 på det där hoppet. I made a 180 on that jump. Coordinate terms sv 0 1080<t:3 turns> 720<t:2 turns> 540<t:1-1/2 turns> 360<t:1 complete turn>