TO TURN DOWN

Definition: TO TURN DOWN

TO TURN DOWN

1. (a) To fold or double down. (b) To turn over so as to conceal the face of; as, to turn down cards. (c) To lower, or reduce in size, by turning a valve, stopcock, or the like; as, turn down the lights.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Modern Usage: TO TURN DOWN

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven. (Office Space; writing credit: Mike Judge)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Spoken Usage: TO TURN DOWN

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Stephen Engelberg	Well, I don't think any journalist in the world would want to turn down that opportunity, although at this point I think it gets kind of tricky. I think the logistics are even more challenging than John has suggested, which are bad enough.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: TO TURN DOWN

Language		Translations for "TO TURN DOWN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		leise stellen, ablehnen (challenge, decline, disallow, disapprove of, disclaim, object, oppose, opt out, overrule, quash, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, throw out, to decline, to defeat, to deprecate, to depreciate, to disclaim, to disown, to refuse, to repudiate, turn down, vote out). (various references)

Hungarian		lehalkít (to lower, to soften, turn down), lehajt (bent, lower, recline, sank, slouch, sunk, to bend, to sink, to stoop, to tip off, turn down), lefelé fordít, kikosaraz. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		折�"る (to refrain, to repeat, to tell again and again, to turn up), 折曲�'る (to bend, to double, to turn up), 折り曲�'る (to bend, to double, to turn up), 折れ�"る (to refrain, to repeat, to tell again and again, to turn up), 断わる (to decline, to excuse oneself, to refuse, to reject), 没にする (to reject), 弱くする . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おりま�'る (to bend, to double, to turn up), おれかえる (to refrain, to repeat, to tell again and again, to turn up), ぼつにする (to reject), �"とわる (to ask leave, to decline, to dismiss, to excuse oneself, to inform, to refuse, to reject), よわくする. (various references)

Pig Latin		otay urntay ownday
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: TO TURN DOWN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-n-n-o-o-r-t-t-u-w"
	-2 letters: downturn, notturno, turndown.
	-3 letters: nonword, nutwood, orotund, outworn, rundown.
	-4 letters: outrow, rotund, turnon, unroot, untorn, untrod, unworn, wonton.
	-5 letters: donor, donut, drown, odour, outdo, rondo, round, tondo, torot, trout, tutor, unwon, wound.
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