to turn on
Pronunciation
/tɝːn ɑːn/
/tɜːn ɒn/

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

to turn on
[phrase form: turn]
01

āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause a machine, device, or system to start working or flowing, usually by pressing a button or turning a switch
Transitive: to turn on a device or system
to turn on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you help me turn on the TV? I ca n't find the remote.
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ? āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāĻŽā§‹āϟ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻž

to become unfriendly or hostile toward someone or something
Transitive: to turn on sb
to turn on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He turned on his business partner when the deal fell through.
āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§€āĻĻāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to rely on external conditions or factors
Transitive: to turn on an external condition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The effectiveness of the strategy turns solely on timely execution.
āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŽāϤ⧋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻĻā§āĻĻā§€āĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make someone feel excited or stimulated
Transitive: to turn on sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His passionate speech turned on the audience, inspiring a standing ovation.
āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧋āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ“āϭ⧇āĻļāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ.
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone to feel sexual attraction or excitement
Culturally sensitive
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I ca n't believe how quickly he got turned on by that compliment.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋ āύāĻž āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ•āϤ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϏ⧇āχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻžāϝāĻŧ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
01

āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ, āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻž

a characteristic, behavior, or feature that increases sexual or romantic attraction toward someone
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Confidence is such a turn on for many people.
āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻ•āĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ