Turn off

turn off & turns off turning off turned off turned off

1. turn ... off p.v. When youturn off an electrical or mechanical device, you change the controls to stop it from producing or doing something. Turnon is the opposite of turn off. Switch off andshut off are similar toturn off.

Would youturn the lightoff? I want to go to bed.

When I'm driving and have to wait for a long freight train to pass, I alwaysturn my caroff.

turned off part.adj. After you have changed the controls of an electrical or mechani­cal device to stop it from producing or doing something, it isturned off. Turned onis the opposite ofturned off. Switched off andshut off are similar toturned off.

l can't see anything — the lights areturned off.

2. turn ... off p.v. [informal] Something thatturns youoff offends you and causes you to lose interest in something or someone. Something about a person of the opposite sex thatturns youoff causes you to lose sexual or romantic interest in that person.Turn on is the oppositeof turn off.

When I met Dan I thought he was a nice guy, but his racist commentsturned meoff.

I gotturned off when she lit a cigarette.

turned off part.adj. When something about a person of the opposite sex causes you to lose sexual or romantic interest in that person, you areturned off. Turned on is the opposite ofturned off.

What's wrong with Nicole? She was having a good time with Frank a little while ago, but now she seems kindof turned off.

turnoff n. Something that offends you and causes you to lose interest in something or someone is aturnoff. Something about a person of the opposite sex that causes you to lose sexual or romantic interest in that person is aturnoff. A turn-on is the oppositeof a turnoff.

l don't like tattoos. To me they're a realturnoff.

3. turn off p.v. When youturn off a road or path that you are traveling on, you leave it and start to travel on another road or path. When a road or path leaves another road or path and travels in a different direction, itturns off,

Be careful you don'tturn off the main road — you'll get lost.

The path to the cabinturns off just after the big tree stump.

turnoff n. A road or path that leaves another road or path and travels in a different direction is aturnoff.

We're lost — I think we should have taken thatturnoff we passed a few miles back.

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turn on	turn on & turns on	turning on	turned on	turned on

1. turn ... on p.v. When youturn on an electrical or mechanical device, you change the controls to make it start producing or doing something.Turn off is the opposite of turn on. Switch on is the same asturn on.

Can youturn the lighton please? It's dark in here.

This October has been so warm that I haven'tturned the heaton once yet.

turned on part.adj. After you have changed the controls of an electrical or mechani­cal device to make it start producing or doing something, it isturned on. Turned offis the oppositeof turned on. Switched on is similar toturned on.

Be careful of the stove — it'sturned on.

2. turn ... on p.v. [informal] Something thatturns youon pleases you and causes you to gain interest in something or someone. Something about a person of the opposite sex thatturns youon causes you to become sexually or romantically interested in that erson.Turn off is the oppositeof turn on.

When I saw this house from the outside, I didn't think I would buy it, but the beautiful woodwork inside reallyturned meon.

Erik's blue eyesturn on his wife.

turned on part.adj. When something about a person of the opposite sex causes you to become sexually or romantically interested in that person, you areturned on. Turned off is the oppositeof turned on.

Paul was reallyturned on after seeing all the beautiful women in the Victoria's Secret catalog.

turn-on n. Something that pleases you and causes you to gain interest in something or someone is aturn-on. Something about a person of the opposite sex that causes you to become sexually or romantically interested in that person is aturn-on. A turnoff is the opposite of aturn-on.

l bought my wife an ankle bracelet for Valentines Day; I think they're aturn-on.

3. turn on p.v. When people or animals that you had good relations withturn onyou, they stop being friendly and try to hurt you.

Lydia used to be my friend, but now she's telling people terrible things about me.

I wonder why sheturned on me like that?

Wild animals don't make good pets. They can be friendly one minute andturn on you the next.

4. turn... on (to) p.v. [informal] When youturn peopleon to something, you tell them about something you think they will like or something that will help them.

Mariaturned meon to a great Colombian restaurant.

This was a good book. Thanks forturning meon to it.

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turn out	turn out & turns out	turning out	turned out	turned out

1. turn out p.v. [usually followed by "to be" plus an adjective, an infinitive verb plus a noun, or a complete sentence] When things or peopleturn out to be a certain way, it is discovered or considered that they are that way. When things or peopleturn out to be something, it is discovered or considered that they are that thing. When you say that itturns out (that) orturned out (that) and then make a statement of fact, you mean that this information, which is contrary to what you believed or expected, was discovered to be true.

l didn't think I would like my brother's new wife, but sheturned out to be very nice.

Before I met Rusty's son, Danny, I assumed he had red hair like his father, but Danny turned out to have black hair.

I thought Sam bought a Mercedes-Benz, but itturns out that he bought a BMW.

I thought Sam bought a Mercedes-Benz, but itturned out that he bought a BMW.

2. turn out p.v. When somethingturns out, it becomes what you want it to become. When somethingturns out a certain way, it becomes that way.

Did the pictures you took at the weddingturn out?

The picturesturned out perfectly.

Your plan was excellent, but it didn'tturn out well.

3. turn... out p.v. When people, companies, factories, workshops, and so on, turn out something, they manufacture it or produce it.

This new factory willturn out 50,000 units per year.

High schools in America areturning out people who can barely read.

4. turn out (for) p.v. When peopleturn out orturn out for an event, they attend or participate in the event. When peopleturn out to do something, they go to a place to do it.

Are you nuts? How many people do you think wouldturn out for an outdoor concert In the middle of winter?

Thousands of peopleturned out to see the Pope when he visited.

turnout n. The number of people who attend or participate in an event is theturnout.

Voterturnout for the election was only around 30 percent.

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turn over	turn over & turns over	turning over	turned over	turned over

1. turn ... over p.v. When youturn somethingover, you move it so that the side that was on the bottom is on the top, and vice versa. When somethingturns over, it moves so that the side that was on the bottom is on the top, and vice versa.

When one side of the steak is cooked,turn itover and cook the other side.

The driver was killed when his carturned over.

2. turn ... over (to) p.v. When you give something to someone because that person demands or requires it or because you are not its rightful owner, youturn itover or turn itover to that person.Hand over is similar toturn over.

The detective alwaysturns the evidence from the crime sceneover to the lab for analysis.

After the thieves are captured, the stolen items will beturned over to the rightful owners.

3. turn ... over (to) p.v. When the police or other authorities are looking for people and you take these people or transfer control of them to the police or authorities, you turn themover orturn themover to the police or authorities.

l caught a burglar in my basement, and Iturned himover to the police.

The local police chief was relieved toturn the terroristover to the FBI.

4. turn over p.v. When employees of a company leave their jobs and are replaced by new employees, theyturn over.

Conditions at the factory were so bad that employeesturned over at a high rate. We have a very stable work force in our plant. Employeesturn over very slowly.

turnover n. The rate at which employees of a company leave and are replaced by new employees is theturnover.

The new personnel manager said her top priority would be reducing the high turnover.

5. turn over p.v. When a businessturns over something that it sells, it continually sells it and replaces it with new merchandise.

We'returning over forty cases of bananas a week in this supermarket.

Snowtnobiles and skisturn over very slowly in the summer.

turnover n. How much money a business has made in a certain time period is its turnover.

The company's annualturnover increased by 36 percent compared to the previous year.

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turn up	turn up & turns up	turning up	turned up	turned up

1. turn ...up p.v. When youturn up an electrical or mechanical device, you change the controls to increase the level of what it is producing or doing.Turn down is the opposite of turn up.

Will youturn up the TV? I can't hear it.

It was freezing in here last night, so Iturned up the beat.

2. turn... up p.v. When youturn up something, you find it or learn of it as a result of an investigation or search. When somethingturns up, it is found or is learned of as a result of an investigation or search.

The policeturned up enough evidence to convict Jake of murder.

Despite a thorough search, the murder weapon still hasn'tturned up.

3. turn up p.v. When people or thingsturn up at a place, they appear there. Show up is similar toturn up.

It's hard to plan a picnic when I don't know how many people willturn up.

Every few years my worthless brotherturns up at my door asking for money.