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1. phrasal verbIf you turn off the road or path you are going along, you start going along a different road or path which leads away from it. The truck turned off the main road along the gravelly track which led to the farm. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He turned off only to find he was trapped in a town square with no easy exit. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. See also turn-off 3. phrasal verbWhen you turn off a piece of equipment or a supply of something, you stop heat, sound, or water being produced by adjusting the controls. The light's a bit too harsh. You can turn it off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] I have to get up and turn off the radio. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Their water was turned off weeks ago without explanation. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 4. phrasal verbIf something turns you off a particular subject or activity, it makes you have no interest in it. What turns teenagers off science and technology? [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] Teaching off a blackboard is boring, and undoubtedly turns people off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] [Also VERB PARTICLE noun ] 5. phrasal verbIf something or someone turns you off, you do not find them sexually attractive or they stop you feeling sexually excited. [informal] Aggressive men turn me off completely. [VERB noun PARTICLE] [Also VERB PARTICLE noun ] 6. See also turn-off More Synonyms of turn off See full dictionary entry for turn
Word forms: plural turn-offs1. countable nounA turn-off is a road leading away from a major road or a motorway. 2. countable noun [usually singular]Something that is a turn-off causes you to lose interest or sexual excitement. [informal] More Synonyms of turn off turn off in British Englishverb1. to leave (a road, pathway, etc) 2. (of a road, pathway, etc) to deviate from (another road, etc) 3. (tr, adverb) to cause (something) to cease operating by turning a knob, pushing a button, etc to turn off the radio 4. (transitive) informal to cause (a person, etc) to feel dislike or distaste for (something) this music turns me off 5. (tr, adverb) British informal to dismiss from employment noun turn-off6. a road or other way branching off from the main thoroughfare 7. informal a person or thing that elicits dislike or distaste turn off in American English 1. to leave (a road, path, etc.) and enter another branching off 2. to branch off said of a road, path, etc. 3. a. to stop a flow of (water, gas, electricity, etc.) b. to close (a faucet, valve, etc.) so as to stop a flow c. to make (an electrical device) stop functioning by operating the controls 4. to stop displaying or showing, suddenly or automatically to turn off a smile 6. US, Slang to cause (someone) to become bored, depressed, uninterested, etc. 7. British to discharge (an employee) See full dictionary entry for turn Examples of 'turn off' in a sentenceturn off To get home, she would turn down Beech Grove and then turn off after about a hundred yards, but she never got there.He died about five years ago but when the Gulf War was on he insisted we turn off all the lights.Very serious... `I turn off the CD player, my bones not telling me that music is likely to be today's special.Amber said the first words of our trip just as I was about to turn off Laguna Canyon Road onto my street.She skirted London on the ring road and slipped easily into the Hertfordshire turn-off.High up above the forest he found the turn-off that he was looking for.The more she thought about this, between St Antoine and the Aix-en-Provence turn-off, the more obvious it seemed. In other languagesturn off British English: turn off / tɜːn ɒf/ VERB If you turn off the road or path you are going along, you start going along a different road or path which leads away from it. Turn off at the bridge. - American English: turn off
- Arabic: يُطْفِئ
- Brazilian Portuguese: virar
- Chinese: 拐弯
- Croatian: isključiti se s ceste
- Czech: odbočit
- Danish: slukke for
- Dutch: afslaan
- European Spanish: cambiar de carretera apagar
- Finnish: poiketa tieltä
- French: tourner
- German: abschalten
- Greek: αλλάζω πορεία μηχάνημα
- Italian: spegnere
- Japanese: わき道へ入る
- Korean: 벗어나다
- Norwegian: slå av
- Polish: wyłączyć
- European Portuguese: virar
- Romanian: a se abate de la
- Russian: сворачивать
- Latin American Spanish: salirse apagar
- Swedish: stänga av
- Thai: เปลี่ยนไปทางใหม่
- Turkish: dönmek
- Ukrainian: вимикати
- Vietnamese: rẽ đi hướng khác
Chinese translation of 'turn off' vi - (from road)
拐弯(彎) (guǎiwān)
vt - [light, radio, tap]
关(關) (guān) - [engine]
关(關)掉 (guāndiào)
See turn Definition (of a road or path) to lead away from (another road or path) He turned off only to find that he was trapped in the main square.The truck turned off the main road along the gravelly track. Synonyms depart from deviatechange direction take a side road take another road See turnDefinition a road or other way branching off from the main thoroughfare They slowed down. There was a turn-off just ahead. Additional synonymsDefinition to go away (from a person or place) Just pack your bags and leave.She was not allowed to leave the country. Synonyms depart from, withdraw from, go from, escape from, desert, quit, flee, exit, pull out of, retire from, move out of, disappear from, run away from, forsake, flit (informal), set out from, go away from, hook it (slang), pack your bags (informal), make tracks, abscond from, bog off (British, slang), decamp from, sling your hook (British, slang), slope off from, take your leave of, do a bunk from (British, slang), take yourself off from (informal) Definition to leave (a place) Police were called when he refused to quit the building. Synonyms leave, depart from, go out of, abandon, desert, exit, withdraw from, forsake, go away from, pull out from, decamp from, take off (informal), pack your bags (informal) Definition the journey to the turn on the A4 Synonyms junction, turning, crossroads, turnoff - turn of events
- turn of mind
- turn of phrase
- turn off
- turn on someone
- turn on something
- turn out
- turn someone off
- turn something off
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