Dictionary

turn off en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, off.
   • He turned off from me and faced the far wall.
2. (transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
   • Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and turning it on again? Ok. Well, are you sure that it's plugged in? 2006 February 17, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, season 1, episode 4:
   • In some people, this gene has been turned off.
   • "Will it ever stop?" Yo, I don't know / Turn off the lights, and I'll glow 1989, “Ice Ice Baby”, in Hooked, performed by Vanilla Ice:
   • Turn off the machine and unplug it when you leave.
3. (broadly, transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.). ▸ To deactivate a heat source cooking a particular item.
   • You can turn off the green beans now.
4. (intransitive, of a machine, transitive, usually) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.). ▸ To become deactivated; to become powered down.
   • My computer turned off!
5. (transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.). ▸ To rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas.
   • Remember to turn the tap off once you've finished so you don't waste water.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.). ▸ To dismiss; to fire.
   • [H]e came to this country in the service of an English gentleman, whom he was obliged to quit through the malice of the valet de chambre, who taking advantage of the young man's being overtaken with liquor on the last St.Andrew's day, turned him off, on the pretext of his being an habitual drunkard. 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 273:
   • Upon her first coming into my Family, she turned off a parcel of very careful Servants, who had been long with me 1712, John Enville, edited by Henry Morley, The Spectator, George Routledge and Sons, page 430:
   • The butler turned off that foolish maid.
7. (transitive) To bore, repulse, disgust, or discourage (someone).
   • "They are turning people off travelling. And the removal of catering on such a long-distance route is just bonkers." 2021 December 29, Paul Clifton, “"Crisis" on the West of England line”, in RAIL, number 947, page 35:
   • The smell of the trash bag is turning me off.
   • Her harsh words might turn them off from participating any further.
   • Cigarette smoking really turns me off.
   • That book's plot was so predictable, it turned me off.
   • Better be a gentleman, or you'll turn me off 1986, “Nasty”, in Control, performed by Janet Jackson:
8. (intransitive) To leave a road; to exit a highway or other main road.
   • Turn off at the next exit so we can have lunch.
   • You'll need to turn off before we get to the county line.
9. (dated, transitive) To avert; to stop (something).
   • she could not but be grateful to him when he turned off a scolding from the fierce and sullen old man 1866 May 26, “Forest Life”, in Littell's Living Age (Fourth; 8), number 1147, Boston: Littel Son & Co., section III, page 555:
   • "Pardon my clumsiness," he said to the lady. "I am, unfortunately, quite blind. But," he added, with a smile, to turn off the mishap, "even a blind man must have a house." 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
10. (archaic, transitive) To turn out; to produce.
    • The next day he did not drive himself so hard; but he turned off a good day's work, just the same 2022, O. E. Rölvaag, chapter II, in Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie, DigiCat:
    • According to D. A. Wells, one boy and a machine can turn off 9,000 pair of sleeve buttons in a day. 1895, The Dawn, volumes 7-8, page 4:
11. (obsolete, slang, transitive) To execute by hanging.
    • The thief was turned off by the hangman.
    • The fell had not only put its cap on, it was drawn down over its white face as that other white cap, still more terrible to look upon, covers the features of the poor wretch about to be "turned off" on the gallows. 1890, James Payn, The Burnt Million, volume 2, page 63:
12. (of a railroad semaphore, transitive) To raise, unblocking the way and signaling that a train may proceed.

Forms

Antonyms

turn on · turn on

Coordinates

leave on (put out of operation) · keep on (put out of operation)

Deriveds

turnoff · turn-off · unturnoffable

Synonyms

disable (put out of operation) · shut off (interrupt flow of liquid or gas by rotating a valve) · deactivate (put out of operation) · cut off (put out of operation) · shut down (put out of operation) · shut off (put out of operation) · cut (put out of operation) · switch off (put out of operation)

Translations (163)

es apagar (switch off appliance or light) · de abtörnen (repulse) · cs vypnout (switch off appliance or light) · hu kiábrándít (repulse) · ka თიშავს (switch off appliance or light) · et kustutama (switch off appliance or light) · cmn 關掉 /关掉 (switch off appliance or light) · da slukke (switch off appliance or light) · nb få av (switch off appliance or light) · ka გამოთიშვა (switch off appliance or light) · rm stüder (switch off appliance or light) · ka გამორთავს (switch off appliance or light) · fi laittaa pois päältä (switch off appliance or light) · nl uitzetten (switch off appliance or light) · fi viedä halut (repulse) · ru сворачивать (leave a road) · hi बंद करना (switch off appliance or light) · hu kikapcsol (switch off appliance or light) · sv stänga av (switch off appliance or light) · tr kapamak (switch off appliance or light) · et ära keerama (leave a road) · haw hoʻopio (switch off appliance or light) · da køre af (leave a road) · ro stinge (switch off appliance or light) · so leexasho (leave a road) · pl zgasić (switch off appliance or light) · fi sulkea (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · nb skru av (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · uli giuliu (switch off appliance or light) · pl zakręcać (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · su ᮙᮛᮩᮙᮔ᮪ (switch off appliance or light) · fr fermer (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · lv izslēgt (switch off appliance or light) · pl wyłączać (switch off appliance or light) · pt apagar (switch off appliance or light) · da køre fra (leave a road) · ko 턴오프하다 (switch off appliance or light) · nl uitschakelen (switch off appliance or light) · km បិទ (switch off appliance or light) · mk се исклучува (leave a road) · et maha keerama (leave a road) · scn astutari (switch off appliance or light) · ru потуши́ть (switch off appliance or light) · ru выключа́ть (switch off appliance or light) · it spegnere (switch off appliance or light) · hu lefordul (leave a road) · rm stizar (switch off appliance or light) · roa-gal tuer (switch off appliance or light) · ca apagar (switch off appliance or light) · hu lelohaszt (repulse) · zdj uzima (switch off appliance or light) · he כיבה (switch off appliance or light) · yi אויסלעשן (switch off appliance or light) · lt išjungti (switch off appliance or light) · sv släcka (switch off appliance or light) · it chiudere (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · th ปิด (switch off appliance or light) · ga múch (switch off appliance or light) · be вы́ключыць (switch off appliance or light) · fr répugner (repulse) · lo ປິດ (switch off appliance or light) · nb stenge (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · el σβήνω (switch off appliance or light) · el απενεργοποιώ (switch off appliance or light) · hu lekapcsol (switch off appliance or light) · mk изга́сува (switch off appliance or light) · de ausschalten (switch off appliance or light) · mk одвраќа (repulse) · mk исклу́чува (switch off appliance or light) · uk ви́мкнути (switch off appliance or light) · aii ܐܵܟ̰ܹܡ (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · oc atudar (switch off appliance or light) · tk öçürmek (switch off appliance or light) · th ดับ (switch off appliance or light) · ru гаси́ть (switch off appliance or light) · jv ꦩꦠꦼꦤꦶ (switch off appliance or light) · tk söndürmek (switch off appliance or light) · de ausmachen (switch off appliance or light) · ne बन्द गर्नु (switch off appliance or light) · pl gasić (switch off appliance or light) · ja 消す (switch off appliance or light) · ka გათიშავს (switch off appliance or light) · es salir (leave a road) · yue 關 /关 (switch off appliance or light) · el στρίβω (leave a road) · cmn 關 /关 (switch off appliance or light) · eo malvalidigi (switch off appliance or light) · nl dichtdraaien (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · fi etoa (repulse) · sc studai (switch off appliance or light) · pt broxar (repulse) · chr ᎬᏓᎵᏗᎠ (switch off appliance or light) · sv svänga av (leave a road) · ru съезжать (leave a road) · hu undorít (repulse) · de abstoßen (repulse) · mk одбива (repulse) · hu lehajt (leave a road) · eo elŝalti (switch off appliance or light) · ru погаси́ть (switch off appliance or light) · ja 切る (switch off appliance or light) · ka გამორთვა (switch off appliance or light) · de abstellen (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · oc esténher (switch off appliance or light) · ro închide (switch off appliance or light) · hu elveszi a kedvét (repulse) · de abstellen (switch off appliance or light) · hu lehervaszt (repulse) · hu elzár (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · da lukke for (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · fr éteindre (switch off appliance or light) · nb ta av (leave a road) · nl uitdoen (switch off appliance or light) · de ausfahren (leave a road) · cy diffodd (switch off appliance or light) · rm stüzzer (switch off appliance or light) · qu wañuchiy (switch off appliance or light) · fr dégoûter (repulse) · el κλείνω (switch off appliance or light) · ru вы́ключить (switch off appliance or light) · es repugnar (repulse) · ru отталкивать (repulse) · ro opri (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · mk га́си (switch off appliance or light) · es cerrar (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · my မှိတ် (switch off appliance or light) · ko 끄다 (switch off appliance or light) · ru туши́ть (switch off appliance or light) · rm stidar (switch off appliance or light) · be выключа́ць (switch off appliance or light) · de abbiegen (leave a road) · mt tefa (switch off appliance or light) · he כִּבָּה (switch off appliance or light) · oc esténger (switch off appliance or light) · pl zakręcić (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · ca tancar (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · fi inhottaa (repulse) · fi sulkea (switch off appliance or light) · bo བསད (switch off appliance or light) · sv stanna (leave a road) · ur بند کرنا (switch off appliance or light) · sv stänga av (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · fi sammuttaa (switch off appliance or light) · sk vypnúť (switch off appliance or light) · ga cas as (switch off appliance or light) · acw طفّى (switch off appliance or light) · hy անջատել (switch off appliance or light) · pt desligar (switch off appliance or light) · fi poistua (leave a road) · hu taszít (repulse) · vi tắt (switch off appliance or light) · ja オフする (switch off appliance or light) · de zudrehen (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · de abschalten (switch off appliance or light) · hu lelomboz (repulse) · ro deconecta (switch off appliance or light) · uk вимика́ти (switch off appliance or light) · ro închide (rotate a tap or valve to stop outflow) · fur distudâ (switch off appliance or light) · rup astingu (switch off appliance or light) · nb slå av (switch off appliance or light) · aii ܡܲܟ̰ܡܸܥ (switch off appliance or light) · pl wyłączyć (switch off appliance or light)