Dictionary

turn down en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.
   • A local doctor had bought one canvas and but for that lucky chance he would have been out of pocket. Now he was muttering grumpily at Edmund, "Have to get something better this trip, Edmund. Got to pull up somehow or buyers will be turnin' us down. Sales been gettin' worse and worse these last years." 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 17:
   • He turned down all our offers of help.
   • Govia Thameslink Railway declined to comment on the study and turned down our request for an interview to address the issues raised. 2022 August 24, Paul Clifton, “Many disabled passengers are excluded from using the route”, in RAIL, number 964, page 29:
2. (idiomatic) To reduce the power, etc. of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
   • When it starts to boil, turn down the heat to a simmer.
   • Turn down the television so I can hear myself think.
3. (idiomatic) To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction; to double or fold down.
   • Turn down the blankets to let them air out.

Forms

Antonyms

turn up (antonym(s) of “reduce power”) · take up · accept (antonym(s) of “refuse”)

Relateds

turn over

Translations (91)

ru уменьша́ть (reduce amount) · bg отказвам (refuse, decline, deny) · de jemandem einen Korb geben (refuse, decline, deny) · pt abaixar (reduce amount) · ru отка́зываться (refuse, decline, deny) · de vermindern (reduce amount) · uk відмовля́тися (refuse, decline, deny) · cmn 回絕 /回绝 (refuse, decline, deny) · es reducir (reduce amount) · bg отхвърлям (refuse, decline, deny) · pl odrzucać (refuse, decline, deny) · ru отклоня́ть (refuse, decline, deny) · hu elutasít (refuse, decline, deny) · fr refuser (refuse, decline, deny) · hu visszautasít (refuse, decline, deny) · uk відмо́вити (refuse, decline, deny) · fr décliner (refuse, decline, deny) · de herunter stellen (reduce amount) · he סירב (refuse, decline, deny) · ca abaixar (reduce amount) · es disminuir (reduce amount) · ru уме́ньшить (reduce amount) · uk відки́нути (refuse, decline, deny) · de zurückweisen (refuse, decline, deny) · uk зме́ншувати (reduce amount) · uz pasaytirmoq (reduce amount) · ru отказа́ться (refuse, decline, deny) · de sich verweigern (refuse, decline, deny) · wa rastrinde (reduce amount) · gd diùlt (refuse, decline, deny) · hu lejjebb vesz/kapcsol/csavar/teker (reduce amount) · sv förkasta (refuse, decline, deny) · de verweigern (refuse, decline, deny) · it abbassare (reduce amount) · wa ravaler (reduce amount) · la abnegō (refuse, decline, deny) · ca refusar (refuse, decline, deny) · pt rejeitar (refuse, decline, deny) · pt reduzir (reduce amount) · fi alentaa (reduce amount) · sv sänka (reduce amount) · pt diminuir (reduce amount) · ru отве́ргнуть (refuse, decline, deny) · cmn 拒絕 /拒绝 (refuse, decline, deny) · hu lecsavar (reduce amount) · de niedriger stellen (reduce amount) · de absagen (refuse, decline, deny) · fi hiljentää (reduce amount) · ary نْقص (reduce amount) · sh smanjiti (reduce amount) · bg намалявам (reduce amount) · sv säga nej till (refuse, decline, deny) · pt recusar (refuse, decline, deny) · fi torjua (refuse, decline, deny) · fr baisser (reduce amount) · sh smanjivati (reduce amount) · uk відхили́ти (refuse, decline, deny) · de ablehnen (refuse, decline, deny) · de abweisen (refuse, decline, deny) · aii ܡܲܟܸܦ (reduce amount) · ja 断る (refuse, decline, deny) · de reduzieren (reduce amount) · ga ísligh (reduce amount) · uk зме́ншити (reduce amount) · fi vähentää (reduce amount) · de verringern (reduce amount) · hu tompít (reduce amount) · pl ściszyć (reduce amount) · wa baxhî (reduce amount) · ca rebutjar (refuse, decline, deny) · de herunterdrehen (reduce amount) · hy մերժել (refuse, decline, deny) · pl odrzucić (refuse, decline, deny) · sv dämpa (reduce amount) · uk відкида́ти (refuse, decline, deny) · de herunterregeln (reduce amount) · ru отверга́ть (refuse, decline, deny) · ru уба́вить (reduce amount) · ru убавля́ть (reduce amount) · cmn 減少 /减少 (reduce amount) · uk відхиля́ти (refuse, decline, deny) · pl ściszać (reduce amount) · hu lehalkít (reduce amount) · hu csökkent (reduce amount) · ru отклони́ть (refuse, decline, deny) · ca reduir (reduce amount) · ca disminuir (reduce amount) · la negō (refuse, decline, deny) · it rifiutare (refuse, decline, deny) · es rechazar (refuse, decline, deny) · fi himmentää (reduce amount)