The meaning of OVERTURN is to cause to turn over : upset. How to use overturn in a sentence.

OVERTURN definition: 1. to (cause to) turn over: 2. to change a legal decision: 3. If you overturn someone's majority…. Learn more.

Definition of overturn verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive, transitive] if something overturns, or if somebody overturns it, it turns into a position in which the top of it …

To turn over or capsize: The car went off the road and overturned. 1. The act or process of overturning: the court's overturn of a ruling. 2. The state of having been overturned. 3. The …

o•ver•turn /ˌoʊvɚˈtɜrn/ v. to (cause to) turn over on the side, face, or back: [no object] The truck skidded and overturned. [~ + object] The burglars had overturned the furniture. to destroy the …

To overturn something is to either flip it upside down or to invalidate it. An amateur kayaker might overturn her boat, while a judge may decide to overturn a previous judgment.

• In short, for every argument there was a counter argument, or a later discovery overturned the accepted wisdom. • A majority of those voting can overturn the actions of their own elected …

If something overturns or if you overturn it, it turns upside down or on its side. The lorry veered out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall.

to turn onto its side, face, or back; capsize. When his canoe overturned, he lost scientific instruments and journals.

The truck went off the road and overturned several times. The court overturned his conviction.