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turn into en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

turn + into

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To become.
   • Iron turns into rust in the presence of air and water.
   • Near-synonyms: (intransitive) get, turn, go, come, fall, grow, wax; (reflexive) make [oneself], make [oneself] into
   • all things turn into dust
2. (transitive) To cause (something or someone) to become.
   • "I am the nursery magic Fairy," she said. "I take care of all the playthings that the children have loved. When they are old and worn out and the children don't need them any more, then I come and take them away with me and turn them into Real." 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • Yet in “Through a Latte, Darkly”, a new study of how Starbucks has largely avoided paying tax in Britain, Edward Kleinbard […] shows that current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate what he calls “stateless income”: […]. In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property. 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
   • Near-synonyms: (transitive) make, make into
   • He turned water into wine.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, into.
   • I was just turning into my driveway when I got your call.

Forms

Deriveds

you can't turn a hoe into a housewife

Relateds

turn · turn into a pumpkin · turn in

Synonyms

make · make · turn · make into · go · change · wax · get · make into · transform · become (intransitive: become) · convert · come · make (transitive: cause to become) · grow · turn to · change · fall · convert · turn to · make into · transform

Translations (49)

hy վերածել (transitive: cause to become) · no forvandle seg til (intransitive: become) · fi muuttua (intransitive: become) · nl overgaan (intransitive: become) · yue 成為 /成为 (intransitive: become) · hu változtat (transitive: cause to become) · es devenir en (intransitive: become) · el γίνομαι (intransitive: become) · ru преврати́ть (transitive: cause to become) · ca convertir-se (intransitive: become) · es tornar en (transitive: cause to become) · cmn 變成 /变成 (intransitive: become) · es convertirse en (intransitive: become) · pl zmienić w (transitive: cause to become) · cmn 變得 /变得 (intransitive: become) · de sich wandeln in (intransitive: become) · es convertir en (transitive: cause to become) · hu átváltozat (transitive: cause to become) · hu változik (intransitive: become) · pl zmieniać w (transitive: cause to become) · el κάνω (transitive: cause to become) · ru превраща́ться (intransitive: become) · de zu ... machen (transitive: cause to become) · hu átváltozik (intransitive: become) · el μεταμορφώνω (transitive: cause to become) · hy դարձնել (transitive: cause to become) · ko 변하다 (intransitive: become) · es transformar en (transitive: cause to become) · hu válik (intransitive: become) · pt virar (intransitive: become) · swb ugauha (intransitive: become) · pl zmieniać się w (intransitive: become) · tr döndürmek (transitive: cause to become) · ru преврати́ться (intransitive: become) · de werden (intransitive: become) · tr çevirmek (transitive: cause to become) · ca esdevenir (intransitive: become) · fr devenir (intransitive: become) · pt tornar (transitive: cause to become) · fr se transformer en (intransitive: become) · txb klutk- (intransitive: become) · pl zmienić się w (intransitive: become) · es tornarse en (intransitive: become) · tr dönmek (intransitive: become) · es transmutar en (transitive: cause to become) · ru превраща́ть (transitive: cause to become) · da forvandle sig til (intransitive: become) · de sich verwandeln in (intransitive: become) · pt tornar-se (intransitive: become)