Meaning Of Turn Off In Longman Dictionary Of Contemporary English

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 turn off From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishturn off phrasal verb1 turn something ↔ offSWITCH ON OR OFF to make a machine or piece of electrical equipment such as a television, engine, light etc stop operating by pushing a button, turning a key etc SYN switch off OPP turn on  Don’t forget to turn the lights off when you leave.2 turn something ↔ offSWITCH ON OR OFF to stop the supply of water, gas etc from flowing by turning a handle OPP turn on  They’ve turned the gas off for a couple of hours.3 turn off (something)TURN to leave the road you are travelling on and start travelling on another roadturn off (something) at/near etc  I think we should have turned off at the last exit.turn off the road/motorway etc  Mark turned off the highway and into Provincetown. → turn-off 4 DON'T LIKE turn somebody ↔ off to make someone decide they do not like something  Any prospective buyer will be turned off by the sight of rotting wood. → turn-off5 SEXY turn somebody ↔ off to make someone feel that they are not attracted to you in a sexual way OPP turn on  Men who stink of beer really turn me off. → turn-off → turn→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusturn off• You forgot to turn the oven off!• Then he stepped out of the room, turning off his box.• Organizers are considering turning off the air-conditioning for the event, or using it only sporadically.• Would you turn off the heater before you go to bed?• Don't forget to turn off the oven.• She turned off the water and stepped out on to the rug, dried herself, and dressed in jeans and a shirt.• There is no doubt that the ventilator may be turned off when in fact, the patient is already dead. turn off (something)• Pulling up to a stop sign, she touches the clutch and the engine turns off.• Then he stepped out of the room, turning off his box.• Summertime is a great time to turn off that computer and get outdoors.• Organizers are considering turning off the air-conditioning for the event, or using it only sporadically.• She turned off the water and stepped out on to the rug, dried herself, and dressed in jeans and a shirt.• There is no doubt that the ventilator may be turned off when in fact, the patient is already dead.Related topics: Roadsturn-offˈturn-off noun    1 [countable]TTR a smaller road that leads off a main road  I missed the turn-off to the farm.2 [singular] informalSEXY something that makes you lose interest in something, especially sex  Pornographic pictures are a real turn-off to most women. → turn off1Examples from the Corpusturn-off• The spectacle can be weird, unpleasant, a turn-off.• Hair on a guy's back is a real turn-off.• Take I-10 east, turning south at the Sonoita turn-off.• I think that was the turn-off for the campground. Quizzes Quizzes

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Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	turn
he, she, it	turns
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	turned
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have turned
he, she, it	has turned
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had turned
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will turn
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have turned
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Continuous Form
Present
I	am turning
he, she, it	is turning
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you, we, they	are turning
Past
I, he, she, it	was turning
you, we, they	were turning
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have been turning
he, she, it	has been turning
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been turning
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be turning
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been turning
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