turn to
turn
tɜ:n
tēn
to
tu:
too
/tˈɜːn tuː/

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

to turn to
[phrase form: turn]
01

āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āϚāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to seek guidance, help, or advice from someone
to turn to definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In times of uncertainty, communities often turn to leaders for direction.
āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύ⧇āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02

āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to direct one's interest or attention toward a specific subject or activity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Faced with a challenge, she turned to finding a creative solution.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‹āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇, āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧃āϜāύāĻļā§€āϞ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
03

āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to begin doing something harmful, like crime or drugs, often as a response to feeling unhappy
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She turned the wrong way, eventually turning to drugs for solace.
āϏ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŽā§‹āĻĄāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŽāĻžāĻĻāϕ⧇ āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰ⧂āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to transform one thing into another
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The entrepreneur turned a small investment to a successful business.
āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ•ā§āϤāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ—āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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