Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive, transitive)To flip over; to rotate top to bottom.

    Turn the box upside down and look at the bottom.

    umdrehen

  2. (idiomatic, transitive)To thoroughly examine.

    They turned the house upside down looking for the car keys.

  3. (idiomatic, transitive)To alter (something) significantly, often in a negative way.

Examples

445 sentences
  1. Could you turn down the radio?

    Ти не міг би зробити радіо тихіше? — deniko

    ruВы не могли бы сделать радио потише? — Inego

    deKönnten Sie das Radio leise stellen? — landano

  2. May I turn down the TV?

    Можна я зроблю телевізор тихіше? — deniko

    ruМожно я сделаю телевизор потише? — marafon

    deDarf ich den Fernseher leiser stellen? — al_ex_an_der

  3. Why did they turn down your proposal?

    Чому вони відмовилися від твоєї пропозиції? — deniko

    deWarum haben sie deinen Vorschlag abgelehnt? — cost

  4. Would you please turn down the TV?

    Ви не могли би, будь ласка, зробити телевізор тихіше? — deniko

    deKönntest du bitte den Fernseher leiser stellen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Would you mind turning down the radio?

    Вибач, але чи не міг би ти часом зробити радіо тихіше? — tikan0

    ruВы не могли бы сделать радио потише? — Inego

    deWürde es dich stören, das Radio herunterzudrehen? — MUIRIEL

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to rotate top to bottom:

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyturn upside down
he, she, itturns upside down

Past simpleLesson

all personsturned upside down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave turned upside down
he, she, ithas turned upside down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill turn upside down

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary 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.

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