Meaning

8 senses
  1. With to as particle

  2. With to as particle:

    (intransitive)To apply oneself; to focus; to get one's head down.

    All hands, turn to!

  3. With to as preposition:

    (intransitive)To become.

    Near-synonyms: (intransitive) get, turn, go, come, fall, grow, wax; (reflexive) make [oneself], make [oneself] into

    all things turn to dust

    sich verwandeln in

  4. (transitive)To cause (something or someone) to become.

    Near-synonyms: (transitive) make, make into

    He turned water to wine.

  5. To consult for advice or help.

    When I'm in trouble, I turn to my pastor to help me.

    sich wenden an

  6. To start to do or to use something in an attempt to deal with a difficult and unpleasant situation.

    Breakups can be incredibly difficult, but one may wish to seek therapy rather than turn to drugs.

  7. To direct one's attention or efforts toward something.

    In 1939 he turned to films in earnest.

  8. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, to.

    Turn to the left up here.

    To start my homework, I had to turn to page twenty in my textbook.

More definitions
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Examples

1096 sentences
  1. It turned out to be true.

    Це виявилося правдою.

    ruЭто оказалось правдой.

    deEs stellte sich als wahr heraus.

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  2. Turn the key to the right.

    Поверни ключ направо.

    ruПоверни ключ вправо.

    deDreh den Schlüssel nach rechts.

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  3. I turned to him for advice.

    Я звернувся до нього за порадою.

    deIch bat ihn um Rat.

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  4. Is it my turn to pay?

    Моя черга платити?

    ruТеперь моя очередь платить?

    deBin ich mit Bezahlen an der Reihe?

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  5. It's your turn to do that.

    Твоя черга це робити.

    ruТвоя очередь это делать.

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to become:
to consult for advice:

Forms

turns to, turning to, turned to, turned to
Base formturn to · to turn to
3rd person singularturns to
Present participleturning to
Past simpleturned to
Past participleturned to

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyturn to
he, she, itturns to

Past simpleLesson

all personsturned to

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave turned to
he, she, ithas turned to

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill turn to

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

16 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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