to turn
- verb
- /tɜrn/
- OK, How do you turn water into wine?
- the tide turned
And we have turned Earth into a farm.
- And we have turned Earth into a farm.
- So that's what they're trying to turn this battle into.
- But it is the dads to turn those boys into men.
- So rather than it being sad, how can you turn it sad?
- Biology gives you a brain life turns it into a mind.
- I can write software which turns emails into web pages.
- If it is something we value, we turn it into a gun.
- This string of bees that once turned honey into sun.
Examples
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The recipe shows you how to turn simple ingredients into a delicious meal.
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OK, so now we just need to turn this into written word.
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And we have turned Earth into a farm.
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I got it black and I turned it gold.
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Well, your world is about to turn upside down.
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However, the tide is beginning to turn, and these issues are finally getting national attention.
Academic text (2012) -
"We know how to turn cardboard into gold."
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We ran with the horror theme and turned the school library into a 1950s drive-in.
Academic text (2013) -
She managed to turn a neglected garden into a beautiful space for everyone to enjoy.
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With great effort, he was able to turn his passion for art into a successful career.
Synonyms
Start to change into a different state or role
To make something or someone different
Become gradually a certain way, for example feeling or weather
To change into something different or make something change
Change something a lot so it looks or works very differently
To change from one state or activity to another
To change direction in a business or project
To change something into a different form or material
Change completely in form or appearance
To become a different shape or look
To change something into a very different form, often as if by magic
Change into another form, like a person or animal, by magic
Antonyms
Idioms
To change a situation so you get the advantage over someone who had it before
To leave quickly by suddenly walking away because you are angry or shocked
- Informal
To think a dead person is very upset because something goes against what they cared about
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
Cause a big sudden change that leaves people confused
Move on to the next page or to a new part of your life after a difficult time
To try to make someone change what they do by making them feel more stress
Compounds
A period of years around the start of a new century, about ten years before and after
- US
A flashing light on a vehicle that shows which way the driver will turn or change lanes
- Literature
A very good performance by an actor or entertainer that gets special attention
- Specialized
A unit for magnet strength that one ampere of current produces in one loop of wire
A driving move where the driver pulls the handbrake so the rear wheels slide and the car turns sharply
- Jargon
A skiing turn where you push the tail of one ski out to slow and change direction
How Different
Surface Forms
Etymology
Turn meaning 'become' comes from using physical turning as a picture for change, like a caterpillar that 'turns' into a butterfly, so to 'turn' into something is to change into it.