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turn    ( turns  plural & 3rd person present )  ( turning  present participle )  ( turned  past tense & past participle  ) Turn is used in a large number of other expressions which are explained under other words in the dictionary. For example, the expression `turn over a new leaf' is explained at leaf.
1    verb  When you turn or when you turn part of your body, you move your body or part of your body so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction.  He turned abruptly and walked away...    V  He sighed, turning away and surveying the sea...    V prep/adv  He turned his head left and right...    V n adv/prep      Turn around or turn round means the same as turn., phrasal verb  I felt a tapping on my shoulder and I turned around...    V P  Turn your upper body round so that your shoulders are facing to the side.    V n P
2    verb  When you turn something, you move it so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction, or is in a very different position.  They turned their telescopes towards other nearby galaxies...    V n prep/adv  She had turned the bedside chair to face the door...    V n to-inf  The lid, turned upside down, served as a coffee table.    V-ed
3    verb  When something such as a wheel turns, or when you turn it, it continually moves around in a particular direction.  As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay...    V  The engine turned a propeller.    V n
4    verb  When you turn something such as a key, knob, or switch, or when it turns, you hold it and twist your hand, in order to open something or make it start working.  Turn a special key, press the brake pedal, and your car's brakes lock...    V n  Turn the heat to very low and cook for 20 minutes...    V n prep/adv  I tried the doorknob and it turned.    V
5    verb  When you turn in a particular direction or turn a corner, you change the direction in which you are moving or travelling.  Now turn right to follow West Ferry Road...    V prep/adv  The man with the umbrella turned the corner again.    V n      Turn is also a noun., n-count  You can't do a right-hand turn here.
6    verb  The point where a road, path, or river turns, is the point where it has a bend or curve in it.  ...the corner where Tenterfield Road turned into the main road.    V prep/adv, Also V      Turn is also a noun., n-count  ...a sharp turn in the road.
7    verb  When the tide turns, it starts coming in or going out.  There was not much time before the tide turned.    V
8    verb  When you turn a page of a book or magazine, you move it so that is flat against the previous page, and you can read the next page.  He turned the pages of a file in front of him.    V n
9    verb  If you turn a weapon or an aggressive feeling on someone, you point it at them or direct it at them.  He tried to turn the gun on me...    V n on n  The crowd than turned their anger on Prime Minister James Mitchell.    V n on n
10    verb  If you turn to a particular page in a book or magazine, you open it at that page.  To order, turn to page 236.    V to n
11    verb  If you turn your attention or thoughts to a particular subject or if you turn to it, you start thinking about it or discussing it.  We turned our attention to the practical matters relating to forming a company...    V n to n  We turn now to the British news.    V to n
12    verb  If you turn to someone, you ask for their help or advice.  For assistance, they turned to one of the city's most innovative museums...    V to n
13    verb  If you turnto a particular activity, job, or way of doing something, you start doing or using it.  These communities are now turning to recycling in large numbers...    V to/from n/-ing
14    verb  To turn or be turnedinto something means to become that thing.  A prince turns into a frog in this cartoon fairytale...    V into/to n  The hated dictator had turned his country into one of the poorest police states in Europe...    V n into/to n
15    v-link  You can use turn before an adjective to indicate that something or someone changes by acquiring the quality described by the adjective.
(=become)  If the bailiff thinks that things could turn nasty he will enlist the help of the police...    V adj
16    v-link  If something turns a particular colour or if something turns it a particular colour, it becomes that colour.  The sea would turn pale pink and the sky blood red...    V colour  Her contact lenses turned her eyes green.    V n colour
17    v-link  You can use turn to indicate that there is a change to a particular kind of weather. For example, if it turns cold, the weather starts being cold.  If it turns cold, cover plants...    V adj
18    n-count  If a situation or trend takes a particular kind of turn, it changes so that it starts developing in a different or opposite way.  with supp, oft N in n  The scandal took a new turn over the weekend.
19    verb  If a business turns a profit, it earns more money than it spends.    (AM, BUSINESS)  no passive  The firm will be able to service debt and still turn a modest profit...    V n  in BRIT, use make, return
20    verb  When someone turns a particular age, they pass that age. When it turns a particular time, it passes that time.  It was his ambition to accumulate a million dollars before he turned thirty...    V n
21    n-sing  Turn is used in expressions such as the turn of the century and the turn of the year to refer to a period of time when one century or year is ending and the next one is beginning.  the N of n  They fled to South America around the turn of the century.
22    verb  When someone turns a wooden or metal object that they are making, they shape it using a special tool.  ...the joys of making a living from turning wood.    V n
23    n-count  If it is your turnto do something, you now have the duty, chance, or right to do it, when other people have done it before you or will do it after you.  usu with poss, oft N to-inf, N at -ing, N -ing  Tonight it's my turn to cook..., Let each child have a turn at fishing...
24    n-count  If you say that someone is having a turn, you mean they feel suddenly very unwell for a short period of time.    (BRIT)  INFORMAL
26  You can use by turns to indicate that someone has two particular emotions or qualities, one after the other.  ♦
by turns    phrase  PHR with group, PHR with v  His tone was by turns angry and aggrieved.
27  If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen.  ♦
turn of events    phrase  They were horrified at this unexpected turn of events.
28  If you say that something happens at every turn, you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want.  ♦
at every turn    phrase  PHR after v, PHR with cl    (emphasis)
  Its operations were hampered at every turn by inadequate numbers of trained staff...
29  If you do someone a good turn, you do something that helps or benefits them.  ♦
a good turn    phrase  usu PHR after v  He did you a good turn by resigning...
30  If someone turns a place inside out or upside down, they search it very thoroughly and usually make it very untidy.  ♦
turn sth inside out/turn sth upside down    phrase  V inflects  They hadn't found a scrap of evidence though they had turned his flat inside out.
31  If something such as a system or way of life is turned inside out or upside down, it is changed completely, making people confused or upset.  ♦
turn sth inside out/turn sth upside down    phrase  V inflects  He felt too shocked to move. His world had been turned upside down.
32  You use in turn to refer to actions or events that are in a sequence one after the other, for example because one causes the other.  ♦
in turn    phrase  PHR with cl/group  One of the members of the surgical team leaked the story to a fellow physician who, in turn, confided in a reporter.
33  If each person in a group does something in turn, they do it one after the other in a fixed or agreed order.  ♦
in turn    phrase  PHR after v  There were cheers for each of the women as they spoke in turn.
34  If you speak out of turn or talk out of turn, you say something that you do not have the right or authority to say.  ♦
speak out of turn/talk out of turn    phrase  V inflects  I hope I haven't spoken out of turn.
35  If two or more people take turnsto do something, or in British English take it in turnsto do something, they do it one after the other several times, rather than doing it together.  ♦
take turns/take it in turns    phrase  V inflects, oft PHR to-inf  We took turns to drive the car...
36  If a situation takes a turn for the worse, it suddenly becomes worse. If a situation takes a turn for the better, it suddenly becomes better.  ♦
take a turn for the worse/take a turn for the better    phrase  V inflects  Her condition took a sharp turn for the worse.    turn against    phrasal verb  If you turn against someone or something, or if you are turned against them, you stop supporting them, trusting them, or liking them.  A kid I used to be friends with turned against me after being told that I'd been insulting him...    V P n  Working with the police has turned me against the use of violent scenes as entertainment.    V n P n  turn around  , turn round
2    phrasal verb  If you turn something around, or if it turns around, it is moved so that it faces the opposite direction.  Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond...    V n P  He had reached over to turn round a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show...    V P n (not pron)  There was enough room for a wheelchair to get in but not to turn round.    V P
3    phrasal verb  If something such as a business or economy turns around, or if someone turns it around, it becomes successful, after being unsuccessful for a period of time.    (BUSINESS)  Turning the company around won't be easy...    V n P  In his long career at BP, Horton turned around two entire divisions...    V P n (not pron)  If the economy turned round the Prime Minister's authority would quickly increase.    V P
4    phrasal verb  If you say that someone turns around and says something, you are indicating that they say it unexpectedly or angrily, especially in order to criticize another person or to defend themselves.  INFORMAL  I feel that if I say how tired I get, David will turn around and say, `I told you so'.    V P and v
5    phrasal verb  If you turn around a question, sentence, or idea, you change the way in which it is expressed, in order to consider it differently.  Now turn the question around and start looking not for what you did wrong in the past, but for what you can do to make things better in the future...    V n P  It's an example of how you can turn around the sentence and create a whole new meaning.    V P n (not pron)
6    →
  turnaround  turn away
1    phrasal verb  If you turn someone away, you do not allow them to enter your country, home, or other place.  Turning refugees away would be an inhumane action...    V n P  Hard times are forcing community colleges to turn away students.    V P n (not pron)
2    phrasal verb  To turn awayfrom something such as a method or an idea means to stop using it or to become different from it.  Japanese corporations have been turning away from production and have diverted into finance and real estate...    V P from n  turn back
1    phrasal verb  If you turn back or if someone turns you back when you are going somewhere, you change direction and go towards where you started from.  She turned back towards the crossroads...    V P prep/adv  They were very nearly forced to turn back...    V P  Police attempted to turn back protesters marching towards the offices of President Ershad.    V P n (not pron), Also V n P
2    phrasal verb  If you cannotturn back, you cannot change your plans and decide not to do something, because the action you have already taken makes it impossible.  with brd-neg  The administration has now endorsed the bill and can't turn back.    V P  turn down
1    phrasal verb  If you turn down a person or their request or offer, you refuse their request or offer.
(=reject)  Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down...    V n P  Would you turn down $7,000,000 to appear nude in a magazine?    V P n (not pron)
2    phrasal verb  When you turn down a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you reduce the amount of sound or heat being produced, by adjusting the controls. ,  (Antonym: turn up)
  He kept turning the central heating down...    V n P  She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume.    V P n (not pron)  turn in
1    phrasal verb  When you turn in, you go to bed.  INFORMAL  Would you like some tea before you turn in?    V P
2    phrasal verb  If you turn someone in, you take them to the police or tell the police where they are because they are suspected of committing a crime. If you turn yourself in, you go to the police because you have been involved in a crime.  He has been given until noon today to turn himself in to authorities...    V n P to n  There would be strong incentives to turn someone in...    V n P  I might today hesitate to turn in a burglar.    V P n (not pron), Also V P n (not pron) to n
3    phrasal verb  When you turn in a completed piece of work, especially written work, you give it to the person who asked you to do it.
(=hand in)  Now we wait for them to turn in their essays...    V P n (not pron)  I want everybody to turn a report in.    V n P
4    phrasal verb  If you turn something in, you return it to the place or person you borrowed it from.    (mainly AM)
(=return)  I went back to the station-house to turn in my badge and gun...    V P n (not pron)  turn off
1    phrasal verb  If you turn off the road or path you are going along, you start going along a different road or path which leads away from it.  The truck turned off the main road along the gravelly track which led to the farm...    V P n (not pron)  He turned off only to find he was trapped in a town square with no easy exit.    V P
2    phrasal verb  When you turn off a piece of equipment or a supply of something, you stop heat, sound, or water being produced by adjusting the controls.
(=switch off)    (Antonym: turn on)
  The light's a bit too harsh. You can turn it off...    V n P  I have to get up and turn off the radio...    V P n (not pron)
3    phrasal verb  If something turns you off a particular subject or activity, it makes you have no interest in it.  What turns teenagers off science and technology?...    V n P n  Teaching off a blackboard is boring, and undoubtedly turns people off.    V n P, Also V P n (not pron)    →
  turn-off
4    phrasal verb  If something or someone turns you off, you do not find them sexually attractive or they stop you feeling sexually excited.  INFORMAL, Antonym: turn on  Aggressive men turn me off completely.    V n P, Also V P n (not pron)    →
  turn-off  turn on
1    phrasal verb  When you turn on a piece of equipment or a supply of something, you cause heat, sound, or water to be produced by adjusting the controls.
(=switch on)    (Antonym: turn off)
  I want to turn on the television...    V P n (not pron)  She asked them why they hadn't turned the lights on.    V n P
2    phrasal verb  If someone or s
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