Etymology: [ 't&rn ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan and turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, from tornus lathe, from Greek tornos; partly from Old French torner, tourner to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare; akin to Lat.
Synonyms: decline, disapprove, dismiss, rebuff, refuse, reprobate, repudiate, say no, scorn, spurn, throw out
To refuse, decline, or deny, To reduce the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light, To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction, nonacceptance, act of refusing or rejecting, make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio", take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom, take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom", reject, refuse; decrease the volume (as of a radio, television etc.), When you turn down a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you reduce the amount of sound or heat being produced, by adjusting the controls. He kept turning the central heating down She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume. turn up, If you turn down a person or their request or offer, you refuse their request or offer. Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down Would you turn down $7,000,000 to appear nude in a magazine? = reject, refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality", reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances", refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs", Adjust a control on an electrical device to reduce the volume, heat, etc, Reject an offer or proposal or someone making one, Made to wear with the upper part turned down; as, a turndown collar, Capable of being turned down; designating, or pertaining to, an incandescent lamp with a small additional filament which can be made incandescent when only a small amount of light is required, worn turned down or folded down, the act of refusing an offer; "the turndown was polite but very firm",
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To refuse, decline, or deny - "He turned down all our offers of help."
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To reduce the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light - "When it starts to boil, turn down the heat to a simmer.''"
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To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction - "Turn down the blankets to let them air out."
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nonacceptance, act of refusing or rejecting isim
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make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"
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take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom
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take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"
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reject, refuse; decrease the volume (as of a radio, television etc.)
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When you turn down a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you reduce the amount of sound or heat being produced, by adjusting the controls. He kept turning the central heating down She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume. turn up
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If you turn down a person or their request or offer, you refuse their request or offer. Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down Would you turn down $7,000,000 to appear nude in a magazine? = reject
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refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
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reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
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refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
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turn something down
Adjust a control on an electrical device to reduce the volume, heat, etc
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turn someone down
Reject an offer or proposal or someone making one
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turndown
Made to wear with the upper part turned down; as, a turndown collar
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turndown
Capable of being turned down; designating, or pertaining to, an incandescent lamp with a small additional filament which can be made incandescent when only a small amount of light is required
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turndown
worn turned down or folded down sıfat
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turndown
the act of refusing an offer; "the turndown was polite but very firm"
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