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Definition of 'turn on' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) turn-on
something causing excitement or stimulating interest

2. (verb) switch on, turn on
cause to operate by flipping a switch
"switch on the light"; "turn on the stereo"

3. (verb) depend on, devolve on, depend upon, ride, turn on, hinge on, hinge upon
be contingent on
"The outcomes rides on the results of the election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework"

4. (verb) turn on
produce suddenly or automatically
"Turn on the charm"; "turn on the waterworks"

5. (verb) turn on
become hostile towards
"The dog suddenly turned on the mailman"

6. (verb) agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
"The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

7. (verb) arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up
stimulate sexually
"This movie usually arouses the male audience"

8. (verb) trip, trip out, turn on, get off
get high, stoned, or drugged
"He trips every weekend"


Definition of 'turn on' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) turn on
≠ turn off
Turn on the light/car/DVD.; Turn the music on.

2.  turn on
to make sb feel interested, especially sexually
He knows how to turn a woman on.

3.  turn on
to attack sb who you were once loyal to
I don't understand how he can turn on his friends like that.


Translation of 'turn on' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to make water, elekctric current etc flow
He turned on the water / the gas.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aanskakel, oopdraai Arabic flag Arabic: يُشَغَل الجِهاز او التَّي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: включвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ligar Czech flag Czech: otevřít, zapnout German flag German: aufdrehen
Danish flag Danish: åbne for Greek flag Greek: ανοίγω Spanish flag Spanish: abrir, encender, conectar
Estonian flag Estonian: lahti keerama, avama Farsi flag Farsi: باز کردن Finnish flag Finnish: avata
French flag French: ouvrir, allumer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִפתוֹחַ Hindi flag Hindi: प्रवाह आरंभ करना
Croatian flag Croatian: otvoriti, pustiti da teče Hungarian flag Hungarian: megereszt (vizet), kinyit Indonesian flag Indonesian: menghidupkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kveikjaá Italian flag Italian: accendere Japanese flag Japanese: ひねって(~を)出す
Korean flag Korean: (수도, 가스가) 흐르게 하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įjungti, atsukti Latvian flag Latvian: ieslēgt
Malay flag Malay: menghidupkan; membuka Dutch flag Dutch: openzetten Norwegian flag Norwegian: åpne for, skru/slå på
Polish flag Polish: otworzyć, włączyć Persian flag Persian: باز کردن Pashto flag Pashto: پرانیستل، خلاصول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ligar Romanian flag Romanian: a des­chide; a aprinde Russian flag Russian: включать; зажигать
Slovak flag Slovak: otvoriť, zapnúť Slovenian flag Slovenian: odpreti Serbian flag Serbian: odvrnuti
Swedish flag Swedish: sätta (slå, vrida) på Thai flag Thai: เปิด Turkish flag Turkish: açmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 開(通)(水、電) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пускати; вмикати Urdu flag Urdu: بہاؤ چالو کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bật, vặn nước Chinese flag Chinese: 开(通)(水、电)

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