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• /tɔːn/ (Northumbria)
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• tûrn (Received-Pronunciation)
• /tɜɹn/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *tórh₁nos Proto-Hellenic *tórnos Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor. Latin tornus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin tornōbor. Proto-West Germanic *turnēn Old English turnian ▲ Latin tornō Old French tornerbor. Middle English turnen English turn 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.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, of a body, person, qualifier:etc) To make a non-linear physical movement. ▸ To move about an axis through itself.
   • the Earth turns
   • We didn't start the fire / It was always burning / Since the world's been turning 1989 September 18, Billy Joel, “We Didn't Start the Fire”, in Storm Front:
   • turn on the spot
   • "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.[…]." 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
2. (transitive) To make a non-linear physical movement. ▸ To change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation.
   • It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by. 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], “The First Gun”, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 9–10:
   • Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work. 2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:
   • Turn the knob clockwise.
3. (intransitive) To make a non-linear physical movement. ▸ To change one's direction of travel.
   • I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
   • She turned right at the corner.
   • I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railroad station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 12:
4. (transitive) To make a non-linear physical movement. ▸ 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.
5. (broadly) To make a non-linear physical movement. ▸ To give form to; to shape or mould; to adapt.
   • […]the Poets pen turnes them to ſhapes,[…] c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 159, column 1:
   • […]he was perfectly well turned for the occupations of trade and commerce. 1711 July 14 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “TUESDAY, July 4, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 108; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 85:
   • His limbs how turn’d! how broad his ſhoulders ſpread! 1725, Homer, “Book VIII”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC, page 145, line 148:
6. (transitive) To make a non-linear physical movement. ▸ To direct or impel (something) into or out of a place.
   • Add sugar and butter, then turn the mixture into a dish.
   • You were not wont to turn young and beautiful suppliants from your office door. What is the real reason of this professional reluctance on your part? 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
   • The farmer turned the cows into a field.
7. (transitive) To make a non-linear physical movement. ▸ To position (something) by folding it, or using its folds.
   • turn the bed covers;  turn the pages
8. (figuratively, transitive) To make a non-linear physical movement. ▸ To navigate through a book or other printed material.
   • turn to page twenty;  turn through the book
9. (transitive) To make a non-linear physical movement. ▸ To twist or sprain.
   • I fell off my bike and turned my ankle severely.
10. (transitive) To make a non-linear physical movement. ▸ Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
11. (intransitive) To make a non-linear physical movement. ▸ Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
12. (copulative, intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude. ▸ To become (often used with colors, clear sudden changes, weather and ages).
    • The leaves turn brown in autumn.
    • Near-synonyms: become, get, go, come, fall, grow, wax
    • The midfielder turned provider moments later, his exquisite reverse pass perfectly weighted for Cisse to race on to and slide past Stoke keeper Asmir Begovic. 2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport:
    • When I asked him for the money, he turned nasty.
    • Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, / Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman ſcorn'd. 1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 39:
    • The former-slaves-turned-abolitionists Quobna Ottobah Cugoano and Olaudah Equiano were the chief organizers of the Sons of Africa. 2007, Junius P. Rodriguez, Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World:
    • Charlie turns six on September 29.
13. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude. ▸ To change the color of the leaves in the autumn.
    • The hillside behind our house isn't generally much to look at, but once all the trees turn it's gorgeous.
14. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude. ▸ To change fundamentally; to metamorphose.
    • Midas made everything turn to gold.  He turned into a monster every full moon.
    • At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Silverside”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 300:
    • Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal. 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
15. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude. ▸ To change fundamentally; to metamorphose. ▸ To sour or spoil; to go bad.
    • This milk has turned; it smells awful.
16. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude. ▸ To change fundamentally; to metamorphose. ▸ To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle.
    • to turn cider or wine
17. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude. ▸ To change fundamentally; to metamorphose. ▸ To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
    • His companions had turned him on purpose. Annie, bless her heart, was immune. 2017, Michael J. Totten, Into the Wasteland: A Zombie Novel:
    • How long ago was he turned?
18. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude. ▸ To change fundamentally; to metamorphose. ▸ To transform into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
    • Bruce Banner turns when he is angry: he becomes the Hulk, an incredibly powerful green monster.
19. (intransitive, offensive, slang, sometimes, transitive) To change condition or attitude. ▸ To change fundamentally; to metamorphose. ▸ To change the sexual orientation or gender of another person, or otherwise awaken a sexual preference.
    • We may not be made gay or lesbian in the sense of being “turned” by some error in parenting or child rearing, but we are certainly biologically made and raised (most of us) by straights. 2009 September 10, W. C. Harris, Queer Externalities: Hazardous Encounters in American Culture, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 154:
    • An old homophobic fantasy has it that a gay man or lesbian can be “turned” by a fulfilling sexual encounter with someone of the opposite sex 2023 May 15, Eliot Borenstein, Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your Head, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 244:
20. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude. ▸ To hinge; to depend.
    • The decision turns on a single fact.
    • […] Conditions of Peace certainly do turn upon Events of War. 1711 December 8 (Gregorian calendar), [Jonathan Swift], “The Eighth Article of the Grand Alliance”, in The Conduct of the Allies, and of the Late Ministry, in Beginning and Carrying on the Present War, 4th edition, London: […] John Morphew […], published 1711, →OCLC, page 72:
21. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude. ▸ To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
    • The prisoners turned on the warden.
    • ‘You little Fool!’ returned her sister, shaking her with the sharp pull she gave her arm. ‘Have you no spirit at all? But that’s just the way! You have no self-respect, you have no becoming pride, just as you allow yourself to be followed about by a contemptible little Chivery of a thing,’ with the scornfullest emphasis, ‘you would let your family be trodden on, and never turn.’ 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
22. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude. ▸ To change personal condition. ▸ To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
23. (ambitransitive, intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude. ▸ To change personal condition. ▸ To make or become giddy; said of the head or brain.
    • Ile looke no more, / Leaſt my braine turne,[…] c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii], page 302, column 2:
24. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude. ▸ To change personal condition. ▸ To sicken; to nauseate.
    • The sight turned my stomach.
25. (intransitive, transitive) To change condition or attitude. ▸ To change personal condition. ▸ To be nauseated; said of the stomach.
26. (reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
    • Turne from thy fierce wrath,[…] 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 32:12, columns 1–2:
    • And they made a calfe in thoſe dayes / and offered ſacrifice vnto the ymage / and reioyſed in the workes of theyr awne hondes. / Then God turned hym ſilfe / and gave them vp /[…] 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts vij:[41–42], folio clxiij, verso:
    • Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy), page 373, column 2:
    • The Mind receiving the Ideas, mentioned in the foregoing Chapter, from without, when it turns its view inward upon its ſelf,[…] 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “Of Simple Ideas of Reflection”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book II, § 1, page 51:
27. (transitive, usually, with over) To complete.
    • They say they can turn the parts in two days.
28. (transitive) To make (money); turn a profit.
    • We turned a pretty penny with that little scheme.
29. (transitive) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
    • Liverpool introduced Carroll for Spearing and were rewarded after 64 minutes when he put them back in contention. Stewart Downing blocked Jose Bosingwa's attempted clearance, which fell into the path of Carroll. He turned John Terry superbly before firing high past Cech. 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
30. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
    • Ivory turns well.
31. To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
32. (dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
33. (archaic) To translate.
    • who turns a Persian tale for half a crown 1735, Alexander Pope, The Prologue to the Satires:
    • to turn the Iliad
34. (qualifier:roleplaying games, transitive) To magically or divinely repel undead.
35. To carve vegetables into uniform barrel-like or American football-like shapes.
    • The hardest part of culinary school was learning to turn vegetables perfectly.

Forms

Deriveds

wheels are turning · turn inward · turn the air blue · turn the other way · turn one's world upside down · turntippet · turn rusty · turn around · even a worm will turn · turn a blind eye · turn the other cheek · turnable · turn again · turn in succession · turn a page · turncock · turn the frown upside down · tilt-and-turn · turn a new leaf · turn away · turn the cold shoulder on someone · turn a phrase · deturn · turn pear-shaped · turn traitor · turn the page · turn back · turn in one's grave · underturn · turn up one's nose · turn turtle · toss and turn · turn one's life around · please turn right · turn to good account · turn in · turn round · turnsick · turn on red · twist and turn · turn inside-out · mill-turn · the worm turns · turn the tide · turnround · turn out · turncloak · turn up · turn a setback into a comeback · turn the screw · downturn · beturn · unturn · turn upside down · turn forth · turn under · turn one's color · turn to dust · turn the corner · turn or burn · turn one's life upside down · turnstone · turn one on · inturn · turn the tables · turn a deaf ear · outturn · turn one's hand to · turnbroach · turn on one's heel · turn someone's crank · overturn · turn against · turn queen's evidence · turn the table · turn upon · turn square corners · turn a corner · turn loose · turnkey · turnbarrel · Turnbull · turn home · turn the scale · turn the screws · turn the knife · turnbuckle · turn to custard · turnwrest · turn flukes · turn about · misturn · turnplate · tilt-turn · turnshoe · turn with every wind · turnery · turnagain · not know which way to turn · turn a trick · turnability · turn over · turny · turn to · turn on its head · turn together · turn to account · turn the turtle · turn a number of shades of red · turnboy · turn into · turn the trick · turn tail · turn two · not know where to turn · turn down · turn to stone · turn the knife in the wound · turn heads · turnaround · turnscrew · turnskin · turn on · turn up the heat · turn something into an art form · turn an honest penny · turn aside · turn someone's head · turnspit · turn a hair · turn in on oneself · turn back the clock · turnrow · turn around one's finger · turn off · turn the clock back · upturn · turn one's coat · turn one's back · turn one's nose up · turn the dial · turn the boat around · turn king's evidence · turn the boat · turn Turk · please turn left · turntail · stomach-turning · turn tricks

Synonyms

get · rotate (move around an axis through itself) · revolt (rebel) · grow · become · spoil (go bad) · swerve (change one's direction of travel) · go bad (go bad) · wax · become (become) · go off (go bad) · rebel (rebel) · go (become) · complete · get (become) · rotate (change the direction or orientation of) · spin (move around an axis through itself) · fall · steer (change one's direction of travel) · lathe (shape on a lathe) · sour (go bad) · twirl (move around an axis through itself) · go · tack (change one's direction of travel) · come

Translations (483)

hu átváltozik (transitive: change fundamentally) · fi etoa (sicken; nauseate) · ps تاوول (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · fr tourner (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · sv gå emot (rebel) · gl tornar (of leaves, change color in autumn) · udm берганы (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · hu elforgat (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ar أَدَارَ (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · hy շրջել (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · fi lyödä kierre (in cricket, make the ball move sideways when it bounces) · it girare (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ko 돌다 (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · gd tionndaidh (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · fi muovata (give form to; shape or mould) · tyv ээр (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ru поверну́ться (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · be павярну́ць (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · pms viré (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · gl tornar (sicken; nauseate) · tsg giling (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ja 変わる (become) · gl xirar (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · gd tionndaidh (of leaves, change color in autumn) · fi riippua (hinge; depend) · eu jiratu (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ga deil (shape on a lathe or similar tool) · tr dönmek (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · sv snurra (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ga cas (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · fi kääntää (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · pt tornear (shape on a lathe or similar tool) · de verwandeln (transitive: change fundamentally) · pt virar (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · el γίνομαι (become) · nl draaien (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · pt virar (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · hy դառնալ (become) · es girar (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · la torqueō (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · it ruotare (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ang wendan (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · syc ܦܢܐ (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · cmn 車加工 /车加工 (undergo the process of turning on a lathe) · no tørne (go bad) · no endre (transitive: change fundamentally) · pl skończyć (reach a certain age) · de drehen (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · cmn 轉動 /转动 (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · gd tionndaidh (go bad) · inh верза (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · yi דרייען (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · kaw putĕr (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ota چرخلمق (shape on a lathe or similar tool) · csb òbracac (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · cy difetha (go bad) · bg завъртам (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · de sich wenden (rebel) · pt tornar-se (transitive: change fundamentally) · it svoltare (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · ar لوى (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ja 裏返す (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · mk полнам (become) · hu elfordul (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · oc virar (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · az olmaq (become) · ru повора́чивать (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ast tresfueyar (navigate through a book or other printed material) · bg ставам (become) · pl zmieniać się (transitive: change fundamentally) · pt tornar-se (become) · sh okrenuti se (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · pt virar (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · it mutare (transitive: change fundamentally) · ce верза (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ar اِنْقَلَبَ (become) · es tornar (transitive: change fundamentally) · no svinge (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · gd tionndaidh (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ba бөктәү (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · ru свора́чивать (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · az döndərmək (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · it trasformare (transitive: change fundamentally) · pl zmieniać (transitive: change fundamentally) · fi täyttää (reach a certain age) · ja 謀反を起こす (rebel) · te తిప్పు (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · tyv эглир (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · te తిరగబడు (rebel) · fi taitella (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · grc στρέφω (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · it virare (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · de abbiegen (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · mba tagliko (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · fi muuttua (become) · oc girar (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · no snu (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ru свора́чиваться (go bad) · gd tionndaidh (become) · az çevirmək (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ru враща́ть (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · mk навршувам (become) · it divenire (become) · cmn 運轉 /运转 (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · sv vrida sig (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · fi hapantua (go bad) · hu fordul (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · id berbelok (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ga cas (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · hy թեքվել (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · sv vrida (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · hu -ul (of leaves, change color in autumn) · fi muuttaa suuntaa (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · et pöörlema (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · fur girâ (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · hu fordít (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · nl worden (become) · fi muuttaa (fantasy: change into a mythical being) · gl facer (reach a certain age) · no dreie (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · es cumplir (reach a certain age) · da dreje (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · pt completar (reach a certain age) · tr doldurmak (reach a certain age) · ba әйләнеү (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ml തിരിയുക (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · hu befordul (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · eo aliformiĝi (become) · ps اړول (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ta திருப்பு (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · fa گشتن (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · av сверизе (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · hu kanyarodik (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · ru точи́ть (shape on a lathe or similar tool) · gl xirar (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · gl malvar (go bad) · arz دار (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · bg зави́вам (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · pt virar (transitive: change fundamentally) · fr tourner (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · th กลาย (become) · uk випо́внюватися (reach a certain age) · fi vaihtaa väriä (of leaves, change color in autumn) · el περιστρέφομαι (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · fi kääntyä (rebel) · ta திரி (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · el στρέφω (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · jv mubeng (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · os зилын (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · pl kończyć (reach a certain age) · pl skręcać (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · hu lesz (reach a certain age) · it cambiare (transitive: change fundamentally) · ru восстава́ть (rebel) · bg зави́я (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ps تاوول (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · bg прокисвам (make acid or sour; ferment; curdle — see also ferment, curdle) · it cambiare (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · fi muuttaa (change one's course of action; take a new approach) · ru поверну́ть (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · fi alkaa huimata (become giddy) · ckb قەدکردن (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · ja 紅葉ず (of leaves, change color in autumn) · hu betölt (reach a certain age) · fi hapattaa (make acid or sour; ferment; curdle — see also ferment, curdle) · cmn 車 /车 (undergo the process of turning on a lathe) · pt girar (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · sv surna (go bad) · uk поверта́ти (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · sv förvandlas (transitive: change fundamentally) · id berpaling (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ml തിരിയ്ക്കുക (shape on a lathe or similar tool) · ru стать (become) · ja 腐る (go bad) · my ချိုး (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · akl liko' (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · mww tig (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · es doblar (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · el γυρίζω (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · pt rebelar-se (rebel) · gd tionndaidh (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · fi pyöräyttää (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · rm girar (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · yue 轉 /转 (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · hi मुड़ना (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · da vende (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · cmn 成為 /成为 (become) · ko 돌다 (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · ru восста́ть (rebel) · vi rẽ (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · ca girar (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · ru исполня́ться (reach a certain age) · hu változik (transitive: change fundamentally) · ja 曲がる (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · rap taviri (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · bg ставам (reach a certain age) · sq kthej (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · pl obracać (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ru заверши́ть (complete — see also complete) · ru крути́ть (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · es virar (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ckb سوڕاندن (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ru наточи́ть (shape on a lathe or similar tool) · no forvandle (transitive: change fundamentally) · ru станови́ться (become) · got 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · sv vända (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · ru крути́ться (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · fr devenir (become) · hu megsavanyodik (go bad) · vo flekön (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · ba бөкләү (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · el στρίβω (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · mn эргэх (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · az burmaq (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · cmn 拐 (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · es tornear (shape on a lathe or similar tool) · ta திரும்பு (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · th หมุน (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · cs otočit (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · no dreie (shape on a lathe or similar tool) · gl xirar (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · gl tornear (shape on a lathe or similar tool) · pl zmienić się (transitive: change fundamentally) · fi muuttua (transitive: change fundamentally) · izh vääntää (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · gl virar (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ta திரும்பு (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · pl skręcić (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · es virar (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · ar لَفَّ (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · tl umikot (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ta திருப்பு (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · ru поверну́ть (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · it compiere (complete — see also complete) · pt completar (complete — see also complete) · fi muuttua (printing: invert a type of the same thickness) · ms belok (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · es girar (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · fr se tourner (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ja 反逆する (rebel) · ar دَارَ (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · bg въртя (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ga iompaigh (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · fi muuttua (wrestling: change personalities) · dsb wobrośiś (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · yi דרייען (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · de sich drehen (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · hu fordul (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · hu lesz (become) · pms volté (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · nl verkleuren (of leaves, change color in autumn) · pt girar (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · nan-hbl 斡 (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · el στρίβω (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · rm girar (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · cy troi (go bad) · no bli (become) · ang hweorfan (become) · pt estragar (go bad) · az fırlanmaq (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · da dreje (shape on a lathe or similar tool) · oc girar (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ar قَلَبَ (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · uk ви́повнитися (reach a certain age) · fi kääntää (be nauseated (said of the stomach)) · pt girar (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · fi sorvautua (undergo the process of turning on a lathe) · ja 紅葉つ (of leaves, change color in autumn) · cs otočit (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · fi kapinoida (rebel) · gl virar (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · hy պտտվել (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · nl zich keren tegen (rebel) · et pöörduma (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ga cas (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · ja 変える (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · bg превръщам се (transitive: change fundamentally) · ml മറിയ്ക്കുക (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · ba боролоу (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · ms pusing (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · ba ҡырыу (shape on a lathe or similar tool) · pl obrócić (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ru повора́чиваться (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ar صَارَ (become) · pt fazer (reach a certain age) · pt virar (become) · la vertō (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · lmo girà (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · de wenden (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · da forvandle sig (become) · az döndərmək (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · it girare (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · ca girar (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ru сверну́ться (go bad) · alt айланар (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · fi tienata (make money; turn a profit) · gl volver (of leaves, change color in autumn) · da dreje (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · it svoltare (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ms pusing (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · it completare (complete — see also complete) · de drechseln (shape on a lathe or similar tool) · ja 変質する (go bad) · ru превраща́ться (become) · es tornarse (fantasy: change into a mythical being) · da blive (become) · hi मोड़ना (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · fi kääntää (sicken; nauseate) · ru верте́ть (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · eo transformiĝi (transitive: change fundamentally) · ga éirigh (become) · fi pyörähtää (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ta திரி (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · pl zmienić (transitive: change fundamentally) · nl draaien (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · it compiere (reach a certain age) · ja 回る (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · nl afslaan (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · fi taittaa (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · ml തിരിയുക (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · fi muuttaa (transitive: change fundamentally) · de sich verfärben (of leaves, change color in autumn) · lt sukti (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · fi saada valmiiksi (complete — see also complete) · da vende sig mod (rebel) · swb ufaliki (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · th เปลี่ยน (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ru верте́ться (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · cs točit (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ps تاوول (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · fur girâ (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · hu esztergál (shape on a lathe or similar tool) · fi kääntää (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · pl obrócić się (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ms putar (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · hu elfordít (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · fi kääntyä (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · pl obracać się (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · fi muokata (give form to; shape or mould) · sv svänga (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · ro se învârti (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · fi pyörittää (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · fi käydä läpi (navigate through a book or other printed material) · te తిరుగు (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · cmn 車削 /车削 (undergo the process of turning on a lathe) · uk поверну́ти (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · de werden (become) · te తిరుగు (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · hi मुड़ना (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · jv muter (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · th เปลี่ยน (become) · th เลี้ยว (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · bg зави́я (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · zea draoie (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ga iompaigh (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · de sich wenden (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ang wendan (become) · ko 구부러지다 (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · fi kiertää (of a cricket ball, move sideways when it bounces) · bg развалям се (go bad) · sv bli (become) · uk завертати (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · izh kääntää (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · he הָפַך סוֹבֵב (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · is snúa (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ro se învârti (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · mww tig (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · rap taviri (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · no snurre (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ru сверну́ть (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · bg зави́вам (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · ru преврати́ться (become) · he הָפַך (transitive: change fundamentally) · th ผลัดใบ (of leaves, change color in autumn) · sv gira (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · es tornarse (become) · fa چرخیدن (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · nap votà (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · fi kääntää (navigate through a book or other printed material) · alt бурыыр (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · fi pyörittää (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · he הָפַך (become) · ta திருப்பு (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ca virar (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ckb ئاوڕدان (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · fr tourner (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ru заверша́ть (complete — see also complete) · ru повора́чивать (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · tr döndürmek (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ms belok (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · fi pyöriä (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · bg стругувам (shape on a lathe or similar tool) · eo turniĝi (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ms belokkan (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · fi kääntää (obstetrics: bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery) · eo aliformiĝi (transitive: change fundamentally) · cs otočit (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · eo aliiĝi (become) · az dönmək (become) · fi sorvata (shape on a lathe or similar tool) · cmn 旋轉 /旋转 (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · it invertire (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · id belok (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · vi quẹo (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · no skru (in cricket, make the ball move sideways when it bounces) · fi voida pahoin (be nauseated (said of the stomach)) · da blive sur (go bad) · mi matakohuki (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · hu forgat (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · uk повертати (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · cmn 轉 /转 (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · be паваро́чваць (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · lt sukti (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · hy պտտել (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · cmn 轉 /转 (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · fi valmistaa (complete — see also complete) · mk постанувам (become) · fi peipata (soccer: go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control) · ota دونمك (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · el απογίνομαι (become) · mk правам (become) · ko 돌다 (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · no vende (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · it girare (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · hu -ül (of leaves, change color in autumn) · ca girar (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ta திரி (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · az fırlatmaq (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · cs zahnout (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · hu forog (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ga sníomh (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ta திரும்பு (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · ko 돌리다 (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · sh okretati se (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · tr dönmek (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · sv snurra (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ms pusingkan (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · alt айландырар (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ru враща́ться (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · izh keertää (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ja 翻す (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · el κλείνω (become) · bg обръщам (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · alt бурыыр (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · da dreje (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ml തിരിയ്ക്കുക (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · my လှည့် လှည့် (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · is beygja (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · th บูด (go bad) · ms putarkan (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · fi kääntyä (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · gl estragar (go bad) · eo transformiĝi (become) · msk liko (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · id ubah (become) · ba бороу (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · ga iompaigh (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · hy շրջվել (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · pox bögot (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · eo turni (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · dsb wobrośiś se (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · sv vända sig (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · eo aliiĝi (transitive: change fundamentally) · tr dönmek (become) · sv svarva (shape on a lathe or similar tool) · uk обертати (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · he הָפַך (position something by folding it back on itself, or using its folds) · gl virar (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · fi pilaantua (go bad) · ang hweorfan (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · de sich verwandeln (transitive: change fundamentally) · hu elér (reach a certain age) · es girar (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · it diventare (become) · he הִסְתּוֹבֵב (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · su robah (become) · ba өйөрөлөү (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · mt lewa (intransitive: move around an axis through itself) · ca virar (intransitive: change one's direction of travel) · no snu (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · el γυρίζω (transitive: change the direction or orientation of, especially by rotation) · az dönmək (intransitive: change one's direction of travel)

turn en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• (General-American) audio
• /tɔːn/ (Northumbria)
• (General-American) audio
• tûrn (Received-Pronunciation)
• /tɜɹn/ (General-American)
• /tɜːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• tûrn (General-American)

Etymology

Partly from Anglo-Norman *torn, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos), and partly an action noun from the verb turn.

Meanings

1. A change of direction or orientation.
   • Give the handle a turn, then pull it.
   • With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where[…]lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. In turn he smiled and also shrugged a shoulder. 1910, Emerson Hough, “A Lady in Company”, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
2. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
3. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation. ▸ A unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement.
4. A walk to and fro.
   • Let's take a turn in the garden.
   • "I've made a turn round the place, sir, and the light was on," was the reply. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
5. A chance to use something shared in sequence with others.
   • They took turns playing with the new toy.
   • With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where[…]lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. In turn he smiled and also shrugged a shoulder. 1910, Emerson Hough, “A Lady in Company”, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
6. A spell of work, especially the time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
   • I cooked tonight, so it's your turn to do the dishes.
7. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
8. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
9. The time required to complete a project.
   • They quote a three-day turn on parts like those.
10. The transition from one period or era, or hour on the clock, to another.
    • […] by cajolery and innuendo she had persuaded him to go to the picture palace to be cheered up, and as it was now on the turn of eleven he might be expected back at any moment. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
    • Writers arrive, in extremely small numbers, only at the turn of the Victorian era into the Edwardian era when modern Pan-Africanism was being born. 2020 December 17, Colin Chambers, Black and Asian Theatre In Britain: A History, Routledge, →ISBN, page 1835:
    • By about 1300, Hungary's population was three times what it had been at the turn of the millenium. 1990, Ferenc Glatz, Etudes historiques hongroises 1990: Ethnicity and society in Hungary:
    • turn of the century
    • […]As long as ocean water's salt, And birch-trees feel the winds' assault, And crows build nests at winter's turn, Darling, I shall never return. 1997, A People's Poetry: Hen Benillion, Seren Books:
11. A fit or a period of giddiness.
    • I'm sure I never shall forget the turn young Simmons gave me when he came in with that paper as he'd been and copied out of a winder thro' being in a west-end house, […] 1865 September 23, “Mrs. Brown and the Emperor of the French”, in Fun, London: Published (for the proprietors) by Thomas Baker, →OCLC, page 17:
    • 'Then you must know as well as the rest of us that there was something queer about that gentleman—something that gave a man a turn—I don't know rightly how to say it, sir, beyond this: that you felt it in your marrow kind of cold and thin.' 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Last Night”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, pages 78–79:
    • I've had a funny turn.
12. A change in temperament or circumstance.
    • She took a turn for the worse.
13. A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
14. The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
15. (obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
16. A deed done to another; an act of kindness or malice.
    • I felt that the man was of a vindictive nature, and would do me an evil turn if he found the opportunity[…].
    • One good turn deserves another.
17. A single loop of a coil.
18. (qualifier:rope) A pass behind or through an object.
19. Character; personality; nature.
    • It was fortunate for his comfort, perhaps, that the man who had been chosen to accompany him was of a talkative turn, for the prisoners insisted upon hearing the story of the explosion a dozen times over, and Rufus Dawes himself had been roused to give the name of the vessel with his own lips. 1875, Marcus Clarke, “Typhus Fever”, in His Natural Life [For the Term of His Natural Life], volume I, London: Richard Bentley and Son, →OCLC, page 100:
20. An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
21. (especially, physical) A short skit, act, or routine.
    • Between the pieces were individual turns, comic songs and dances. 1960, Theatre Notebook, volumes 14-16, page 122:
22. (dated) A type turned upside down to serve for another character that is not available.
23. (UK, historical) The profit made by a stockjobber, being the difference between the buying and selling prices.
    • There are usually at least two jobbers who specialise in the leading stocks, and this acts to keep the jobber's turn to a reasonable amount […] 1977, Michael Arthur Firth, Valuation of Shares and the Efficient-markets Theory, page 11:

Forms

Deriveds

midturn · wait one's turn · take turns · turn indicator · stall turn · make a wrong turn at Albuquerque · interturn · epistemological turn · the first turn of the screw pays all debts · clubhouse turn · U-turn · in-turn · turn of the century · turn-by-turn · star turn · tumble turn · take the wrong turn at Albuquerque · turn stop · turnsheet · Marseille turn · Swiss-turn · one bad turn deserves another · counterturn · turn of speed · half-turn · turn construction unit · turn of foot · bank-and-turn indicator · preturn · wave turn · serve the turn · helix-turn-helix · hairpin turn · telemark turn · turn and turn about · flip turn · in turn · downturn · speak out of turn · out-turn · treacherous turn · turn of duty · intraturn · ampere-turn · make the wrong turn at Albuquerque · turn of pace · about-turn · J-turn · inturn · Buggins' turn · out of turn · handbrake turn · moonshiner's turn · turn of events · outturn · one good turn deserves another · turn-based · evil turn · overturn · Cruyff turn · turn of the screw · penalty turn · turn-taking · turn-and-bank indicator · turncap · heel-face turn · hand's turn · turn lane · far turn · round turn · heel/face turn · left turn · misturn · linguistic turn · one's turn in the barrel · take in turn · multiturn · K-turn · take one's turn · turn of mind · Philturn · turn bench · to a turn · to the turn of a hair · one turn kill · Choctaw turn · hammerhead turn · heel turn · turning · turn of words · take a turn for the better · sea turn · hook turn · filter in turn · turn button · take a turn · bad turn · turn of phrase · courtesy turn · Buggins's turn · zero-turn · good turn · talk out of turn · face turn · take it in turns · take a wrong turn at Albuquerque · Immelmann turn · upturn · ill turn · at every turn · three-point turn · turn-sick · take a turn for the worse · turn-by-turn navigation · give someone a turn · turn of the year · on the turn · handsturn · turn signal

Descendants

ターン · Törn

Relateds

turnstile · ornament · return · turntable · turnover · turnabout · turnpike · turning · trill · turncoat · turnout

Synonyms

dizzy spell (fit or period of giddiness) · turnaround · full turn (movement about an axis returning to the original orientation) · dizziness (fit or period of giddiness) · complete rotation (movement about an axis returning to the original orientation) · go (one's chance to make a move in a game) · loop (single loop of a coil) · swing (change in temperament or circumstance) · move (one's chance to make a move in a game) · go (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · giddiness (fit or period of giddiness) · promenade · 360° turn (movement about an axis returning to the original orientation) · complete turn (movement about an axis returning to the original orientation) · change (change in temperament or circumstance) · full rotation (movement about an axis returning to the original orientation)

Translations (326)

de be one's turn (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · es virada (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · da omgang (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · gd car (change of direction or orientation) · it rotazione (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · fi tyyppi (character; personality; nature) · bg оборо́т (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · pl obrót (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · fi teko (deed done to another) · kk айналу (change of direction or orientation) · fi vuoro (spell of work) · bg заво́й (change of direction or orientation) · gl volta (change of direction or orientation) · ru ход (one's chance to make a move in a game) · hi पल (one's chance to make a move in a game) · cmn 轉向 /转向 (change of direction or orientation) · ckb نۆبە (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · tg навбат (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · es girada (change of direction or orientation) · fr tour (one's chance to make a move in a game) · hi नौबत (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ckb نۆرە (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ja ターン (one's chance to make a move in a game) · ur باری (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · it virata (change of direction or orientation) · uk че́рга (spell of work) · it spira (single loop of a coil) · es giramiento (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · fa-ira نُوْبَت (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · fi kaksoislyönti (figure in music) · hi बारी (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ar دَوْرَة (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · ga tiontú (change of direction or orientation) · tr sıra (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · az növbə (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · hu érzék (character; personality; nature) · ru о́чередь (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · nl bocht (change of direction or orientation) · fi kierros (rope: pass behind or through an object) · gl volta (single loop of a coil) · eo vico (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · bg ход (one's chance to make a move in a game) · nl beurt (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · cmn 輪到 /轮到 (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · nb omdreining (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · kk кезек (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · el περιστροφή (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · da drejning (change of direction or orientation) · gl vegada (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · fi siivu (finance: profit made by a stockjobber, difference between the buying and selling prices) · tr tur (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · hi पल (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · hu beállítottság (character; personality; nature) · km វេន (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · gd turas (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ckb نۆرە (one's chance to make a move in a game) · ckb خولانەوە (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · fi kierros (geometry: unit of plane angle measurement based on this movement) · ar دست (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ur نَوبَت (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · nl draai (change of direction or orientation) · da tilbøjelighed (change in temperament or circumstance) · nb vending (change of direction or orientation) · fi kääntää (change of direction or orientation) · sh potez (one's chance to make a move in a game) · hy հերթ (one's chance to make a move in a game) · da bøjning (change of direction or orientation) · grc στροφή (change of direction or orientation) · nb etter tur (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · fi kierre (cricket: sideways movement of a ball) · hu kör (one's chance to make a move in a game) · de sich abwechseln (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · pl kolej (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · fi pelivuoro (one's chance to make a move in a game) · ota نوبت (spell of work) · fi kierros (single loop of a coil) · az gediş (one's chance to make a move in a game) · ckb نۆبە (one's chance to make a move in a game) · nl beurt (one's chance to make a move in a game) · da ildebefindende (fit or period of giddiness) · pl kolej (one's chance to make a move in a game) · bg ред (one's chance to make a move in a game) · da tur (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · pt virada (change of direction or orientation) · pt giro (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · fa-ira گَرْدِش (change of direction or orientation) · be зваро́т (change of direction or orientation) · fi kaksoishele (figure in music) · bg услу́га (deed done to another) · ja 工数 (time required to complete a project) · ru черёд (spell of work) · th ตา (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · fi vuoro (one's chance to make a move in a game) · yi ריי (one's chance to make a move in a game) · mn ээлж (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ckb سوڕاندن (change of direction or orientation) · ar نَوْبَة (spell of work) · es giro (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · pms vir (change of direction or orientation) · fi kierros (walk to and fro) · hu elfordulás (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · sv tur (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · be чарга́ (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · it svolta (change in temperament or circumstance) · vi phiên (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ca torn (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · da snoning (single loop of a coil) · ko 차례 (one's chance to make a move in a game) · pt jogada (one's chance to make a move in a game) · uz gal (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · it mutamento (change in temperament or circumstance) · fi pyörähdys (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · da omdrejning (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · hu hajlam (character; personality; nature) · es viraje (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · pt vez (one's chance to make a move in a game) · it spirale (single loop of a coil) · ko 차례 (spell of work) · bg ред (spell of work) · fi neljäs avokortti (poker: fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em) · sk obrátka (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · uk хід (one's chance to make a move in a game) · ckb سوڕانەوە (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · fi kävely (walk to and fro) · ja 番 (spell of work) · be ход (one's chance to make a move in a game) · hu sor (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · te వంతు (one's chance to make a move in a game) · el στροφή (change of direction or orientation) · ru ход (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · he תּוֹר (one's chance to make a move in a game) · de Doppelschlag (figure in music) · fi toimitusaika (time required to complete a project) · ga seal (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · sk zákruta (change of direction or orientation) · es vuelta (one's chance to make a move in a game) · uk че́рга (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ga sníomh (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · sh závoj (change of direction or orientation) · ja 番 (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ja 転機 (change in temperament or circumstance) · ja 転落 (change in temperament or circumstance) · de (vollständige) Drehung (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · pt giro (change of direction or orientation) · it giro (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · nl omwenteling (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · cs zákruta (change of direction or orientation) · cs obrátka (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · mk свртување (change of direction or orientation) · gd turas (one's chance to make a move in a game) · gl veceira (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · km វេន (one's chance to make a move in a game) · hi मोड़ (change of direction or orientation) · de Drehung (change of direction or orientation) · mn ээлж (one's chance to make a move in a game) · be паваро́т (change of direction or orientation) · cy troi (change of direction or orientation) · ro viraj (change of direction or orientation) · gd tionndadh (change of direction or orientation) · pl tura (one's chance to make a move in a game) · it sterzata (change of direction or orientation) · ja 番 (one's chance to make a move in a game) · sh за́вој (change of direction or orientation) · gl virada (change of direction or orientation) · ru поворо́т (change of direction or orientation) · hu megfordulás (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · ko 회전 (change of direction or orientation) · tg давр (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · fr virage (change of direction or orientation) · fur gîr (change of direction or orientation) · it giro (change of direction or orientation) · gl xogada (one's chance to make a move in a game) · hy հերթ (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ar شوط (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · pt espira (single loop of a coil) · nb tur (one's chance to make a move in a game) · hu változás (change in temperament or circumstance) · uk черга́ (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · da tur (one's chance to make a move in a game) · fr tour (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · it piroetta (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · de dran sein (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · be абаро́т (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · es giramiento (change of direction or orientation) · nb tur (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ko 돌기 (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · hy օյին (one's chance to make a move in a game) · cy troi (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · ru оборо́т (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · vi lượt (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · tr sıra (one's chance to make a move in a game) · cs obrat (change of direction or orientation) · ko 차례 (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · gd tionndadh (change in temperament or circumstance) · gu વારો (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ar اِنْعِطَاف (change of direction or orientation) · gl rolda (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ja 巻き (single loop of a coil) · pt turno (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · da dobbeltslag (figure in music) · pt girada (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · gl volta (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · ka ჯერი (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · izh vooro (one's chance to make a move in a game) · gd tionndadh (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · fi turn (poker: fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em) · ru услу́га (deed done to another) · fi numero (circus, theatre: short skit, act, or routine) · fi käännös (change of direction or orientation) · hu fordulat (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · el σειρά (one's chance to make a move in a game) · pt vez (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ja 回転 (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · tr keşik (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ja 順番 (one's chance to make a move in a game) · it lasso di tempo (time required to complete a project) · gl paseo (walk to and fro) · ko 돌리기 (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · nb sving (change of direction or orientation) · hu fordulat (change in temperament or circumstance) · ur موڑ (change of direction or orientation) · hi बारी (one's chance to make a move in a game) · sw zamu (one's chance to make a move in a game) · vi lượt (one's chance to make a move in a game) · de an der Reihe sein (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · as পাল (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · bg реду́ване (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · el σειρά (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · pl skręt (change of direction or orientation) · it cambiamento (change in temperament or circumstance) · fi vuoro (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · uk о́берт (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · cmn 轉彎 /转弯 (change of direction or orientation) · ru о́чередь (spell of work) · km ត្រូវលើ (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · id giliran (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · gd cuairt (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · fi peippaus (soccer: instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control) · de Windung (single loop of a coil) · it tipo (character; personality; nature) · gl cambio (change in temperament or circumstance) · gl volta (walk to and fro) · be зваро́т (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · de Zug (one's chance to make a move in a game) · gl xiro (change of direction or orientation) · tk nobat (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · tr nöbet (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · es tocarle a (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · eo vico (one's chance to make a move in a game) · it lasso (time required to complete a project) · hu fordulópont (change in temperament or circumstance) · sv varv (single loop of a coil) · gl vez (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · fi käänne (change in temperament or circumstance) · ar دَوْر (spell of work) · cmn 旋轉 /旋转 (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · bg смя́на (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · uk вито́к (single loop of a coil) · id giliran (one's chance to make a move in a game) · it giravolta (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · hu kanyar (change of direction or orientation) · ota داو (one's chance to make a move in a game) · ko 회전 (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · fi gruppetto (figure in music) · cs zatáčka (change of direction or orientation) · it variazione (change in temperament or circumstance) · es turno (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · fa-ira دُوْر (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ky кезек (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · it svolta (change of direction or orientation) · fi kohtaus (fit or period of giddiness) · es girada (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · uk черга́ (spell of work) · ro cotitură (change of direction or orientation) · it turno (one's chance to make a move in a game) · gl quenda (spell of work) · uz navbat (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · gd cuairt (one's chance to make a move in a game) · gd car (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · tg гардиш (change of direction or orientation) · nb vridning (change of direction or orientation) · gl xeira (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · cmn 班 (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · prs دَوْر (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · hu jön or következik (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · sl zavoj (change of direction or orientation) · pt girada (change of direction or orientation) · bg витка (single loop of a coil) · ru вито́к (single loop of a coil) · ca volta (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · it turno (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · gl viravolta (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · nl winding (single loop of a coil) · fi kierros (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · it periodo (time required to complete a project) · da anfald (fit or period of giddiness) · be чарга́ (spell of work) · it china (change in temperament or circumstance) · ar دَوْر (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · uz burilish (change of direction or orientation) · gl quenda (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · de Umdrehung (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · pt prazo (time required to complete a project) · prs نَوْبَت (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · ug نۆۋىت (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · es competerle a (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · hu forduló (one's chance to make a move in a game) · ar نَوْبَة (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · sv tur (one's chance to make a move in a game) · th ตา (one's chance to make a move in a game) · fr tournant (poker: fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em) · gl reviravolta (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · fi kiertää (change of direction or orientation) · izh vooro (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · sv turas om (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · he תּוֹר (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others) · as পাল (one's chance to make a move in a game) · gl vez (one's chance to make a move in a game) · es vuelta (change of direction or orientation) · ota كوشه (change of direction or orientation) · uk поворо́т (change of direction or orientation) · hy պտույտ (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation) · gl rolda (spell of work) · pl obrót (change of direction or orientation) · de Abbiegung (change of direction or orientation) · uk оборо́т (movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation)