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Princeton's WordNet

  1. switch off, cut, turn off, turn outverb

    cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

    "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"

  2. turn offverb

    make a turn

    "turn off at the parking area"

  3. turn off, put offverb

    cause to feel intense dislike or distaste

Wiktionary

  1. turn offverb

    To power down; to stop a device by switching it off.

  2. turn offverb

    To repulse, disgust, or discourage.

  3. turn offverb

    To leave a road; to exit.

ChatGPT

  1. turn off

    To turn off means to stop the operation or flow of something, typically by switching a device or system off. It could also mean to cause someone to feel bored, uninterested, or repelled.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn off in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of turn off in a Sentence

  1. Joe Bob Briggs:

    SURE-FIRE SINGLES AD: Famous Writer needs woman to organize his life and spend his money. Loves to turn off Sunday football and go to the Botanical Gardens with that special someone. Will obtain plastic surgery if necessary.

  2. Kristen Stewart:

    I do not approach my life tactfully at all, i'm incredibly impulsive and I am definitely an intense weirdo. I love living and I love people. They trip me out and I want to know more about them all the time. That isn't something I can turn off and on.

  3. Kris Jenner:

    ( Reuters) I used to pray that one of you guys would have a baby and now it's like a faucet that we turned on and won't turn off, the fact that I have all these grandchildren, it's been the most amazing journey to watch your kids because it's truly the meaning of just life.

  4. Neda Gould:

    Anger is a form of stress, and so when we hold on to anger it is as though we are turning on the body's stress response, or fight or flight response, chronically. We know that turning on this response chronically leads to wear and tear on the body, it may not be surprising that when we engage in the act of forgiveness, we can begin to turn off the stress response and the physiological changes that accompany it.

  5. Beth Saltz:

    Sit together as a family, whatever your family may look like, turn off the screens. Cook. I like to encourage positive strategies like these for feeding toddlers, instead of negative strategies like pressuring.


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