to turn in

Examples

• All

• Students completed the quiz, turned it in, and then the teachers read the correct answers.

  Academic text (1997)

• Names appeared only on the consent forms, which participants turned in to the researchers before completing the questionnaires.

  Academic text (2002)

• So can either turn it in to class on Monday or just put it in the box.

• And so it's actually not until I turn it in that I can get to the next stage of the process.

• Do I keep it, or do I need to turn it in to someone?

  Academic text (2015)

• The police officers simply turned in the list of youngsters' names at the end of the shift.

  Academic text (2000)

• At the end of the course, students turned in a final written business plan (20%).

  Academic text (2017)

• When the groups had completed their answers, they turned in their worksheets and discussed the answers.

  Academic text (1999)

• On the contrary, you will be expected to turn in an agreed-upon amount of creative writing at regular intervals.

  Academic text (2011)

• Informants reported that Evan was easily distracted and did not consistently turn in his work.

  Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

G

to give up

vsto turn in

∞ 2.3

To hand a job or control you have to someone else

is about formally delivering items or people to an authority

S

to surrender

vsto turn in

452 4.4

To stop fighting and give control or things to someone else, often when forced

stresses formal delivery to an authority more than mere loss of control

T

to turn over

vsto turn in

392 3.2

Give a person or thing to someone else to look after

emphasizes handing to an authority rather than general change of custody

H

to hand over

vsto turn in

380 2.8

Give something to someone because you have to

focuses on delivering items or people specifically to an authority

S

to submit

vsto turn in

109 4.1

To accept another person's control, often against your wishes

is more focused on physically handing items or people to authority

Y

to yield

vsto turn in

74 4.3

To stop resisting under pressure or force

adds the specific act of turning items or people over to authority

R

to relinquish

vsto turn in

• Formal

62 7.2

To give up control, a right, or something you own

usually involves giving to authority rather than purely voluntary relinquishment

C

to capitulate

vsto turn in

22 8.4

To stop fighting back and accept defeat or demands

is narrower, centring on giving items or people to an authority

Y

to yield up

vsto turn in

2 7.4

Give something to another person because you are forced to do so

highlights deliberate submission to an authority when handing over items

Antonyms

W

to withhold

204 5.1

Refuse to give something someone wants or needs

How Compliant

to surrender

452 4.4

to turn in

414 3.3

to hand over

380 2.8

to give

∞ 1.0

to withhold

204 5.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology