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turn down

turn down
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [turn doun]
    • /tɜrn daʊn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [turn doun]
    • /tɜrn daʊn/

Definitions of turn down words

  • verb with object turn down to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel. 1
  • verb with object turn down to cause to move around or partly around, as for the purpose of opening, closing, or tightening: to turn a key; to turn the cap of a jar. 1
  • verb with object turn down to reverse the position or placement of: to turn a page; to turn an egg; to turn a person around. 1
  • verb with object turn down to bring the lower layers of (sod, soil, etc.) to the surface, as in plowing. 1
  • verb with object turn down to change the position of, by or as if by rotating; move into a different position: to turn the handle one notch. 1
  • verb with object turn down to change or alter the course of; divert; deflect: He turned the blow with his arm. 1

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Origin of turn down

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; (v.) Middle English turnen, partly continuing Old English turnian, tyrnan < Latin tornāre to turn in a lathe, round off (derivative of tornus lathe < Greek tórnos tool for making circles), partly < Old French torner, t(o)urner < Latin, as above; (noun) Middle English, partly derivative of the v., partly < Anglo-French *torn, t(o)urn; Old French tor, t(o)ur < Latin tornus, as above

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Parts of speech for Turn down

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

turn down popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for turn down

verb turn down

  • balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
  • bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
  • bant — string
  • banted — to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
  • banting — slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat

Antonyms for turn down

verb turn down

  • accept — If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.

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