turn about
To reverse one's positionTo reverse one's position; to turn round.
» We were so tired that we turned in about 9:00 last night.
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5 senses(dated, intransitive)To reverse one's position; to turn round.
(transitive)To change or reverse the position of.
(transitive)To turn (something) one way and then another; to move about.
(intransitive, obsolete)To revolve.
(obsolete, reflexive)To turn (oneself) around.
Examples
5 sentencesWe were so tired that we turned in about 9:00 last night.
Turn about is fair play.
I'm tossing and turning, repeatedly thinking about what happened today, deeply remorseful.
If something turns up about the missing child, the police will certainly let us know.
Holmes was turning the pipe about in his hand, and staring at it in his peculiar pensive way.
Forms
turns about, turning about, turned about, turned about| Base form | turn about · to turn about |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | turns about |
| Present participle | turning about |
| Past simple | turned about |
| Past participle | turned about |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- turn upз’являтисяTo show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly.
- turn offвимкнути, вимикатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, off.
- turn outвийти, виходитиTo end up; to result.
- turn onвключати, вмикатиTo set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve.
- turn inздати, здаватиTo submit something; to give.
- turn downвідмовити, відкинутиTo refuse, decline, or deny.
- turn backзупинитися, зупинятисяTo reverse direction and retrace one's steps.
- turn overдати, даватиTo flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
More 8
- turn awayвідхилятися, відхилитисяTo rotate so as not to face someone or something.
- turn intoдістати, отримуватиTo become.
- turn aroundпідбирати, підніматиTo physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount.
- turn toдістати, отримуватиWith to as particle
- turn aboutTo revolve.
- turn roundTo revolve or rotate around a centre.
- turn asideTo avert one's gaze
- turn againstTo rebel or oppose to something formerly supported.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.