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Definition: TO TURN INTO |
TO TURN INTO1. To enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a side street. |
Crosswords: TO TURN INTO |
| English words defined with "TO TURN INTO": Encash, Enforest ♦ Gorgonize ♦ Proverbialize ♦ Stellify. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "TO TURN INTO": Nerd pride. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "TO TURN INTO": Steatoma. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Now, was I supposed to turn into the skid (Hideaway; writing credit: Andrew Kevin Walker) I don't want to turn into a screaming she-devil once a month (The Pitts; writing credit: Mike Scully) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Infection-causing bacteria can silently invade the fallopian tubes, causing normal tissue to turn into scar tissue. (references) | |
Economic History | Mauritius | In FY 2000-2001, the current account is expected to turn into a deficit of $41.6 million while overall balance of payments should continue to register a surplus estimated at $75.7 million. (references) |
Ireland | There are, however, threatening clouds on the horizon that will need to be watched, if the Irish government's goal of negotiating a "soft landing" for the Irish economy -- annual growth rates of 4-5 percent -- is not to turn into a "harder landing" or actual retrenchment. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "TO TURN INTO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 變成 (to become, to change into), 成為 (to become). (various references) | |
Danish | forsendelse (consignment, correspondence, to turn into the line, transit). (various references) | |
Dutch | te gelde maken (to convert into cash, to convert into money, to encash, to realize, to turn into cash, to turn into money), distributie van een put in werking stellen (to turn into the line). (various references) | |
Finnish | liittää tuotantokaivo siirtoputkistoon (to turn into the line). (various references) | |
French | mettre en route la distribution du pétrole d'un puits (to turn into the line), convertir en espèces (to convert into cash, to convert into money, to turn into cash, to turn into money), convertir en argent (to convert into cash, to convert into money, to turn into cash, to turn into money). (various references) | |
German | zu Geld machen (sell up, to realize, to turn into cash). (various references) | |
Greek | διοχετεύω από τη γεώτρηση σε αγωγό (to turn into the line). (various references) | |
Hungarian | változtat vmivé, válik vmivé (to pass into, to turn, to wax), betér (to turn in). (various references) | |
Italian | realizzare (accomplish, achieve, actualize, carry out, clear, come off, come true, fulfil, fulfil oneself, fulfill, fulfill oneself, implement, realise, realize, to realise), monetizzare (monetise, monetize), liquidare (clear, despatch, disburse, dispatch, get rid of, kill, liquidate, pay, pay off, sell off, settle, wind up), convertire in denaro (to convert into cash, to convert into money, to turn into cash, to turn into money). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 捏ね"す (to complicate, to knead, to mix, to turn into a mess), 捏ね回す (to complicate, to knead, to mix, to turn into a mess). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "ねまわす (to complicate, to knead, to mix, to turn into a mess), "ねかえす (to complicate, to knead, to mix, to turn into a mess). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otay urntay intoay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pôr a funcionar a distribuição do petróleo de um poço (to turn into the line). (various references) | |
Spanish | realizar (accomplish, achieve, act out, actualize, answer, attain, bring into being, bring off, carry into effect, carry out, carry through, do, enable, enforce, execute, fulfil, fulfill, implement, level, perform, produce, realize, tackle, take on), poner en marcha la distribución de petróleo de un pozo (to turn into the line), monetizar (monetize), liquidar (account for, acquit, clear off, erase, liquefy, liquidate, liquidize, satisfy, sell off, sell out, settle, wind up, wipe out), convertir en dinero (to convert into cash, to convert into money, to turn into cash, to turn into money). (various references) | |
Swedish | ansluta till distributionsnätet (to turn into the line). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | verto. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-n-n-o-o-r-t-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: notturni, notturno. | |
-3 letters: outtrot, tortoni. | |
-4 letters: intort, intron, inturn, notion, ronion, triton, turnon, unroot, untorn. | |
-5 letters: intro, inurn, niton, nitro, onion, rutin, torot, trout, tutor, tutti, union. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-n-n-o-o-r-t-t-t-u" | |
+4 letters: reconstitution. | |
+5 letters: constructionist, counterpetition, counterplotting, reconstitutions, trinitrotoluene. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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