turn
To make a non-linear physical movementTo make a non-linear physical movement.: To move about an axis through itself.
» We took turns driving the car.
Wir haben uns beim Autofahren abgewechselt.
Мы вели машину по очереди.
Ми вели машину по черзі.
Meaning
35 sensesTo make a non-linear physical movement.
(intransitive, person)To move about an axis through itself.
the Earth turns
turn on the spot
sich drehen, sich wenden
враща́тьсяvraščátʹsja, верте́тьсяvertétʹsja, повора́чиватьсяpovoráčivatʹsja
move around an axis or a center
(transitive)To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
Turn the knob clockwise.
drehen, wenden
враща́тьvraščátʹ, верте́тьvertétʹ, повора́чиватьpovoráčivatʹ
повертатиpovertaty, обертатиobertaty
to change orientation or direction
(intransitive)To change one's direction of travel.
She turned right at the corner.
abbiegen
повора́чиватьpovoráčivatʹ, поверну́тьpovernútʹ
поверта́тиpovertáty, поверну́тиpovernúty
change to the contrary
(transitive)To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
She turned the table legs with care and precision.
shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel
(broadly)To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
(transitive)To direct or impel (something) into or out of a place.
Add sugar and butter, then turn the mixture into a dish.
The farmer turned the cows into a field.
direct at someone
(transitive)To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
turn the bed covers; turn the pages
свора́чиватьsvoráčivatʹ, сверну́тьsvernútʹ
завертатиzavertaty
(figuratively, transitive)To navigate through a book or other printed material.
turn to page twenty; turn through the book
(transitive)To twist or sprain.
I fell off my bike and turned my ankle severely.
twist suddenly so as to sprain
(transitive)Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
(intransitive)Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
To change condition or attitude.
(copulative, intransitive, transitive)To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
Near-synonyms: become, get, go, come, fall, grow, wax
The leaves turn brown in autumn.
werden
станови́тьсяstanovítʹsja, статьstatʹ, превраща́тьсяprevraščátʹsja
Examples
8133 sentencesWe took turns driving the car.
Ми вели машину по черзі.
ruМы вели машину по очереди.
deWir haben uns beim Autofahren abgewechselt.
Could you turn down the radio?
Ти не міг би зробити радіо тихіше?
ruВы не могли бы сделать радио потише?
deKönnten Sie das Radio leise stellen?
Let's turn and go back now.
Давай зараз розвернемося і підемо назад.
deLass uns jetzt umkehren!
Can I turn off the TV?
Можна я вимкну телевізор?
ruМожно мне выключить телевизор?
deKann ich den Fernseher ausmachen?
May I turn on the TV?
Можна включити телевізор?
ruМожно я включу телевизор?
deKann ich den Fernseher anschalten?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 9
By meaning 7
Origin
From Middle English turnen, from Old English turnian, tyrnan (“to turn, rotate, revolve”),From Middle English turnen, from Old English turnian, tyrnan (“to turn, rotate, revolve”), 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.
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Forms
turns, turning, turned, turnedPhrasal 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.
Synonyms
24 synonyms- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become:grow
- let (something) fall or spill from a container:release
- pass to the other side of:move around
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of:turn over
Word family
70 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- turn off the
- turn on the
- things turned out
- turn the lights
- to turn off
- turn down the
- turned around
- forgot to turn
- please turn
- how things turned
- turned out to
- turn the radio