Synonym: alter, change, circle, curve, go around, gyrate, pivot, rotate, shift, sour, spoil, swerve, swivel, twist, vary, veer, wheel. Antonym: fix. Similar words: turn on, in turn, turn to, turn in, turn off, turn out, turn up, return. Meaning: [tɜrn /tɜːn] n. 1. a circular segment of a curve 2. the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course 3. (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession 4. an unforeseen development 5. a movement in a new direction 6. the act of turning away or in the opposite direction 7. turning or twisting around (in place) 8. a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) 9. (sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive 10. a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program 11. a favor for someone 12. taking a short walk out and back. v. 1. change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense 2. undergo a change or development 3. undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 4. cause to move around or rotate 5. pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become 6. to send or let go 7. pass to the other side of 8. move around an axis or a center 9. cause to move around a center so as to show another side of 10. change to the contrary 11. to break and turn over earth especially with a plow 12. change color 13. cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics 14. let (something) fall or spill a container 15. twist suddenly so as to sprain 16. shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel 17. go sour or spoil 18. accomplish by rotating 19. get by buying and selling 20. cause to move along an axis or into a new direction 21. channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something 22. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form 23. alter the functioning or setting of 24. direct at someone 25. have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to 26. become officially one year older.
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241. We've come too far; turn the car around and go back.
242. The summer was over and the leaves were beginning to turn.
243. If you turn over a turtle on its back, it will become helpless.
244. The teacher demands that students should turn in their test papers within two hours.
245. Don't forget to turn out the lights when you go!
246. They do their best to frustrate my efforts at every turn.
247. Do you think our housing sales will turn round during this year?
248. The car in front is winking it's going to turn right.
249. Cross the bridge and turn right at the first set of traffic lights.
250. They turn on their own kind and peck each other to death.
251. Police attempted to turn back protesters marching towards the offices of President Ershad.
252. I never intended things to turn out the way they did.
253. Next week it's my turn to do the school run.
254. Just wait your turn - there's no need to shove.
255. He assured us that everything would turn out all right.
256. No battery could store enough energy to turn over a car's engine.
257. It's freezing in this house. Can't I turn on the heating?
258. Every time I turn around he seems to be checking up on me.
259. A rotor from the engine makes the wheels of the car turn.
260. He has since 1965 faithfully followed and supported every twist and turn of government policy.
261. Go straight along this road and turn left at the traffic lights.
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262. No one could have foreseen things would turn out this way.
263. I think 15,000 will turn out to be a very low estimate.
264. The government have not been able to turn today's demonstration to their advantage.
265. Prawns are grey when they're raw, and turn pink when they're cooked.
266. Their relationship took a turn for the worse when he lost his job.
267. The job was damaging his health so he had to turn it in.
268. The house is cold because I can't afford to turn the heat on.
269. Drill sergeants have eight weeks to turn fresh recruits into soldiers.
More similar words: turn on, in turn, turn to, turn in, turn off, turn out, turn up, return, turn away, turn down, turn over, in return, turn into, take turns, furniture, in return for, journal, burn up, burn out, burning, journalism, journalist, tournament, turkey, culture, capture, century, mixture, feature, gesture.