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When someone t____ a particular age, they pass that age. When it turns a particular time, it passes that time.When someone turns a particular age, they pass that age. When it turns a particular time, it passes that time.
It was his ambition to accumulate a million dollars before he turned thirty.
It had just turned twelve o'clock.
word turn
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verb
When you turn or when you turn part of your body, you move your body or part of your body so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction.
He turned abruptly and walked away.
He turned to his publicist and jokingly asked, 'What's next?'.
He sighed, turning away and surveying the sea.
He turned his head left and right.
He waited for the woman to turn her face back to the road.
I felt a tapping on my shoulder and I turned around.
Turn your upper body round so that your shoulders are facing to the side.
When you turn something, you move it so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction, or is in a very different position.
They turned their telescopes towards other nearby galaxies.
Turn the cake the right way up on to a wire rack.
I turned my jacket inside out.
She had turned the bedside chair to face the door.
The lid, turned upside down, served as a coffee table.
When something such as a wheel turns, or when you turn it, it continually moves around in a particular direction.
As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay.
The engine turned a propeller.
When you turn something such as a key, knob, or switch, or when it turns, you hold it and twist your hand, in order to open something or make it start working.
Turn a special key, press the brake pedal, and your car's brakes lock.
Turn the heat to very low and cook for 20 minutes.
I tried the doorknob and it turned.
When you turn in a particular direction or turn a corner, you change the direction in which you are moving or travelling.
He turned into the narrow terraced street where he lived.
Now turn right to follow West Ferry Road.
The man with the umbrella turned the corner again.
You can't do a right-hand turn here.
The point where a road, path, or river turns, is the point where it has a bend or curve in it.
...the corner where Tenterfield Road turned into the main road.
...a sharp turn in the road.
When the tide turns, it starts coming in or going out.
There was not much time before the tide turned.
When someone turns a cartwheel or a somersault, they do a cartwheel or somersault.
They were still doing wild acrobatics in the yard, turning somersaults and cartwheels.
When you turn a page of a book or magazine, you move it so that is flat against the previous page, and you can read the next page.
He turned the pages of a file in front of him.
If you turn a weapon or an aggressive feeling on someone, you point it at them or direct it at them.
He tried to turn the gun on me.
The crowd than turned their anger on the Prime Minister.
If you turn to a particular page in a book or magazine, you open it at that page.
To order, turn to page 236.
If you turn your attention or thoughts to a particular subject or if you turn to it, you start thinking about it or discussing it.
We turned our attention to the practical matters relating to forming a company.
We turn now to the British news.
If you turn to someone, you ask for their help or advice.
For assistance, they turned to one of the city's most innovative museums.
There was no one to turn to, no one to tell.
If you turn to a particular activity, job, or way of doing something, you start doing or using it.
These communities are now turning to recycling in large numbers.
She quickly turned to the practical task of finding the nurse.
Universities are turning from academic to commercial sponsorship.
To turn or be turned into something means to become that thing.
A prince turns into a frog in this cartoon fairytale.
Their grief turned to hysteria when the funeral procession arrived at the cemetery.
...an ambitious programme to turn the country into a functioning democracy.
He soon turned his dreams to reality.
...an MP turned diplomat.
You can use turn before an adjective to indicate that something or someone changes by acquiring the quality described by the adjective.
If the bailiff thinks that things could turn nasty, he will enlist the help of the police.
She announced that she was going to turn professional.
If something turns a particular colour or if something turns it a particular colour, it becomes that colour.
The sea would turn pale pink and the sky blood red.
Her contact lenses turned her eyes green.
You can use turn to indicate that there is a change to a particular kind of weather. For example, if it turns cold, the weather starts being cold.
If it turns cold, cover plants.
The weather had turned warm and thundery overnight.
In sports, if a game turns, or is turned, something significant happens which changes the way the game is developing.
The game turned in the 56th minute.
With two direct hits and another sharp throw, Richards had turned the game.
If a business turns a profit, it earns more money than it spends.
The firm will be able to service debt and still turn a modest profit.
He says the fares are just too low to turn profits.
When someone turns a particular age, they pass that age. When it turns a particular time, it passes that time.
It was his ambition to accumulate a million dollars before he turned thirty.
It had just turned twelve o'clock.
When someone turns a wooden or metal object that they are making, they shape it using a special tool.
...the joys of making a living from turning wood.
...finely-turned metal.
noun
If a situation or trend takes a particular kind of turn, it changes so that it starts developing in a different or opposite way.
The scandal took a new turn over the weekend.
...the latest turn in the fighting.
Retailers have given up waiting for a turn in the housing market.
Turn is used in expressions such as the turn of the century and the turn of the year to refer to a period of time when one century or year is ending and the next one is beginning.
They fled to South America around the turn of the century.
If it is your turn to do something, you now have the duty, chance, or right to do it, when other people have done it before you or will do it after you.
Tonight it's my turn to cook.
Let each child have a turn at fishing.
Students are expected to take their turn leading the study group.
If you say that someone is having a turn, you mean they feel suddenly very unwell for a short period of time.
He is having one of his turns.
He gets funny turns, you know. It's his age.
inflections turnsturningturned
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