turn down
turn
tɜrn
tērn
down
daƊn
dawn
/ˈtɜːn ˈdaʊn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "turn down"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to turn down
[phrase form: turn]
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to decline an invitation, request, or offer
to turn down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you turn the invitation down gracefully, explaining your prior engagement?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤāϤāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇, āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
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āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to turn a switch on a device so that it makes less sound, heat, etc.
Transitive
to turn down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the movie theatre, the staff will turn down the lights when the film starts.
āϏāĻŋāύ⧇āĻŽāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇, āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāĻĢ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻŽ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϞ⧇ āϞāĻžāχāϟ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reject someone and prevent them from entering a place or becoming a member of a group or organization
to turn down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They turned the suggestion back, expressing their disagreement.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻŽā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϤāύ

(of a business or economy) to become less busy or profitable
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Job opportunities turned down as the labor market tightened.
āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to adjust the position of something by flipping or rotating it downward
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She turned the document down to read the footnotes.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āϟāύ⧋āϟ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āύāĻĨāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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