turn

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive, person) To make a non-linear physical movement.
2. (transitive) To make a non-linear physical movement.
3. (intransitive) To make a non-linear physical movement.
4. (transitive) To make a non-linear physical movement.
5. (broadly) To make a non-linear physical movement.
6. (transitive) To make a non-linear physical movement.
7. (transitive) To make a non-linear physical movement.
8. (figuratively, transitive) To make a non-linear physical movement.
9. (transitive) To make a non-linear physical movement.
10. (transitive) To make a non-linear physical movement.
11. (intransitive) To make a non-linear physical movement.
12. (copulative, intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude.
13. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude.
14. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude.
15. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude.
16. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude.
17. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude.
18. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude.
19. (intransitive, offensive, slang, sometimes, transitive) To change condition or attitude.
20. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude.
21. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude.
22. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude.
23. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude.
24. (ambitransitive, intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude.
25. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude.
26. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude.
27. (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
28. (transitive, usually) To complete.
29. (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
30. (transitive) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
31. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
32. To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
33. (dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
34. (archaic) To translate.
35. (transitive) To magically or divinely repel undead.

Noun

1. A change of direction or orientation.
2. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
3. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
4. A walk to and fro.
5. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
6. A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
7. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
8. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
9. The time required to complete a project.
10. A fit or a period of giddiness.
11. A change in temperament or circumstance.
12. A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
13. The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
14. (obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
15. A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
16. A single loop of a coil.
17. A pass behind or through an object.
18. Character; personality; nature.
19. An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
20. (especially, physical) A short skit, act, or routine.
21. (dated) A type turned upside down to serve for another character that is not available.
22. (UK, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.

Synonyms

twist

rotate

bend

revolve

change

spin

turn around

shift

time

⌚

curve

turn over

veer

go

become

round

wind

turning

turn round

rotation

return

convert

revolution

twirl

change direction

alter

line

flip

move

get

swerve

whirl

crook

rank

coil

file

row

roll

translate

deviate

screw

go around

divert

transform

play

sequence

wrench

🔧

gyrate

walk

🚶

direct

stir

Translations

tourner

girare

drehen

draaien

girar

virar

tour

voltare

devenir

dönmek

wenden

voltear

retourner

girar

volver

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɜːn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: turnen

Inherited from Old English: turnian

Cognate with Old English: þrāwan

Cognate with English: throw

In summary

From Middle English turnen, from Old English turnian, tyrnan (“to turn, rotate, revolve”), from From Proto-West Germanic *turnēn (“to turn, lathe”) (also the source of German turnen and its derivatives) and Old French torner (“to turn”), both from Latin tornāre (“to round off, turn in a lathe”), from tornus (“lathe”), from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos, “turning-lathe: a tool used for making circles”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by turning, turn, twist, bore”). Cognate with Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist, wind”), whence English throw. Displaced native Middle English wenden from Old English wendan (see wend), and Middle English trenden from Old English trendan (see trend), among several other terms.

Sentences

One good turn deserves .

Turn out the lantern which gives us light .

Vendors work hard to turn open standards into franchise standards .

Body hunts turn up no results and Vice President Wheeler assumes command .

The British in turn demanded that Zaghloul end his political agitation .

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