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TO TURN INTO

Definition: TO TURN INTO

TO TURN INTO

1. To enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a side street.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Crosswords: TO TURN INTO

English words defined with "TO TURN INTO": Encash, EnforestGorgonizeProverbializeStellify. (references)
Specialty definitions using "TO TURN INTO": Nerd pride. (references)
Etymologies containing "TO TURN INTO": Steatoma. (references)

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Modern Usage: TO TURN INTO

DomainUsage

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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: TO TURN INTO

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Modern Translation: TO TURN INTO

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.

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Ancestral Language Translations: TO TURN INTO

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

verto. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: TO TURN INTO

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

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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