in turn

Prepositional phrase

 * 1) One after the other; one at a time; in succession; successively.
 * The teacher answered the students each in turn.
 * Each member of the group, in turn, rose to share a personal story, until nearly everyone in the room had spoken.
 * Eventually, each of the countries in turn would be brought to submission by the invading force.
 * 1) In due order; in proper sequence; in a determined or measured sequence, as a waiting line or queue.
 * You are next in turn to bat.
 * The boy was next in turn to sit on Santa's lap.
 * 1) In response; in return.
 * The musical ambassadors finished their performance, and the local musicians in turn played for them a traditional ballad.
 * 1) Having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned; accordingly or similarly, with respect to sequence, precedence, or hierarchy.
 * The vassals were subject to their lords, who in turn were subject to barons or kings.
 * My car was hit by a truck, which in turn was hit by the van.
 * Mr. X leaked the secret to Mr. Y who in turn leaked it to Mr. Z.
 * Mr. X leaked the secret to Mr. Y who in turn leaked it to Mr. Z.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:sequentially

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 按次序地
 * Dutch: om de beurt, in een beurtrol
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: der Reihe nach,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: זֶה אַחַר זֶה
 * Hungarian:, , , egymás után
 * Italian: a turno, uno dopo l'altro, una dopo l'altra
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin:, a parte
 * Norwegian: en etter en
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: por vez
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: mu seach
 * Swedish:, i turordning
 * Ukrainian: послідо́вно, по че́рзі


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:, vuorossa
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: in coda
 * Norwegian: etter tur, i tur og orden, i rekkefølge
 * Russian: в о́череди
 * Scottish Gaelic: mu seach
 * Swedish: på tur


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 作為交換
 * Finnish: vuorostaan
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, viszonzásul, válaszul, viszonzásképp
 * Italian: in risposta
 * Latin: vicissim
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: por vez
 * Russian:, в отве́т
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: за̏узвра̄т
 * Roman:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: в свою́ че́ргу


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: vuorostaan
 * French: à son tour, à leur tour
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian: a propria volta
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: por vez,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: a su vez
 * Swedish: