Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:
Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is turn down - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Turn! Turn! Turn! (disambiguation); Turn, Turn, Turn (disambiguation); Turn, Turn, Turn (song); Turn, Turn, Turn!
turn down
Turndown ratio (boilers); Turn down
1.
If you turn down a person or their request or offer, you refuse their request or offer.
Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down...
Would you turn down $7,000,000 to appear nude in a magazine?
= reject
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)
2.
When you turn down a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you reduce the amount of sound or heat being produced, by adjusting the controls.
He kept turning the central heating down...
She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume.
? turn up
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)
turn down
Turndown ratio (boilers); Turn down
Fold down, double down.
Turndown ratio
Turndown ratio (boilers); Turn down
Turndown ratio refers to the width of the operational range of a device, and is defined as the ratio of the maximum capacity to minimum capacity. For example, a device with a maximum output of 10 units and a minimum output of 2 units has a turndown ratio of 5.
Wikipedia
Turn, Turn, Turn
Turn, Turn, Turn may refer to:
- "Turn! Turn! Turn!", a 1959 song by Pete Seeger that later became a hit for The Byrds
- Turn! Turn! Turn! (album), an album by The Byrds
- "Turn, Turn, Turn" (CSI), an episode of the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- "Turn! Turn! Turn!" (True Blood), a 2012 episode of the TV series True Blood
- "Turn, Turn, Turn", an episode of the TV series 7th Heaven
- Turn, Turn, Turn (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), a 2014 episode of the American TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Examples of use of turn down
1. Mastromonaco‘s job was to turn down almost every request.
2. Dichter also does not turn down a security detail.
3. "You don‘t turn down presidential proposals," she said.
4. The board of directors voted to turn down their counteroffer.
5. Harper is expected to turn down a request to appear.