What (who) is turn on - definition
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Turn on; Turn On (disambiguation)
turn on
v. (slang)
1) (D; intr.) to turn on to ('to become excited about') (to turn on to Beethoven)
2) (D; tr.) to turn on to ('to excite about') (to turn smb. on to Beethoven)
turn on
1.
When you turn on a piece of equipment or a supply of something, you cause heat, sound, or water to be produced by adjusting the controls.
I want to turn on the television...
She asked them why they hadn't turned the lights on.
= switch on
? turn off
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P
2.
If someone or something turns you on, they attract you and make you feel sexually excited. (INFORMAL)
The body that turns men on doesn't have to be perfect.
? turn off
PHRASAL VERB: V n P
see also turn-on
3.
If you say that someone turns on a particular way of behaving, you mean that they suddenly start behaving in that way, and you are often also suggesting that this is insincere. (INFORMAL)
He could also turn on the style when the occasion demanded.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
4.
If someone turns on you, they attack you or speak angrily to you.
Demonstrators turned on police, overturning vehicles and setting fire to them...
PHRASAL VERB: V P n
5.
If something turns on a particular thing, its success or truth depends on that thing.
The plot turns on whether Ilsa will choose her lover or her husband.
= hinge on
PHRASAL VERB: V P n
turn on
1.
Reply, retort.
2.
Depend on.
Wikipedia
Turn On
Turn On may refer to:
- Turn-on, another word for sexual arousal
- Turn-On, a 1969 American sketch comedy TV series that was cancelled during its first episode
- The Turn-Ons, an American rock band
- Turn On, an English rock band formed by Tim Gane of Stereolab
- Turn on (The Beat Box), a single by American band Earth, Wind & Fire
- TurnOn, a 2015 video game developed Brainy Studio LLC
Pronunciation examples for turn on
1. that turn on or don't turn on.
Burgamy _ Talks at Google
2. turn on shadows
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3. They'll turn on us.
Religion and the Opening Up of the Mind _ Bishop Robert Barron _ Talks at Google
4. turn on the scrubber,
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5. ♪ Turn on itself ♪
No Color Live Performance _ The Dodos _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of turn on
1. "Turn on al–Jazeera" television, another instructed.
2. "You put the guest in the chair, turn on the lights, turn on the cameras and start asking questions." The top–rated Sunday show generates plenty of headlines.
3. Otherwise, implementation will turn on us like a boomerang.
4. They turn on him because their seats are at risk.
5. General Motors took an interesting turn on Monday.