Turn On

Definition: Turn On

Turn On

Verb

1. Cause to operate by flipping a switch; "switch on the light"; "turn on the stereo".

2. Be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the electin"; "Your grade will depends on your homework".

3. Produce suddenly or automatically;'Turn on the charm"; "turn on the waterworks".

4. Become hostile towards; "The dog suddenly turned on the mailman".

5. Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks".

6. Stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience".

7. Get high, stoned, or drugged; "He trips every weekend".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Turn On

Circuition

Verb: turn, bend, wheel; go about, put about; heel; go round to the right about, turn round to the right about; turn on one's heel; make a circle, make a complete circle, describe a circle, describe a complete circle; go through x, go through x, pass through x, pass through x.

Compulsion

Extort, wring from; squeeze, put on the squeeze; put on the screws, turn on the screw; drag into; bind, bind over; pin down, tie down; require, tax, put in force; commandeer; restrain.

Discourtesy

Cut; turn one's back upon, turn on one's heel; give the cold shoulder; keep at a distance, keep at arm's length; look cool upon, look coldly upon, look black upon; show the door to, send away with a flea in the ear.

Ejection

Verb: give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern, excrete; embogue; secrete, secern; extravasate, shed, void, evacuation; emit; open the sluices, open the floodgates; turn on the tap; extrude, detrude; effuse, spend, expend; pour forth; squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop; perspire; (exude); breathe, blow; (wind).

Violence

Render violent; Adjective: sharpen, stir up, quicken, excite, incite, annoy, urge, lash, stimulate, turn on; irritate, inflame, kindle, suscitate, foment; accelerate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, convulse, infuriate, madden, lash into fury; fan the flame; add fuel to the flame, pour oil on the fire, oleum addere camino.

Crosswords: Turn On

Now will you please turn on the television set? (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

Huddle together if you're cold, I'll turn on the heat. (Carpool; writing credit: Don Rhymer)

How dare you mock my feelings when you're doing nothing but acting like a brat! First, you kick and holler and now you turn on the tears? (Rurouni Kenshin; writing credit: Johan Unenge; M�ns Gahrton)

Every time Catherine would turn on the microwave, I'd piss my pants and forget who I was for about half an hour. (Christmas Vacation; writing credit: John Hughes)

And remember, turn on the headlights. (Head Over Heels; writing credit: John J. Strauss; Ed Decter)

Did you turn off that violent ol movie you're watchin And turn on I Love Lucy (Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning); performing artist: Alan Jackson)

Fans turn on you, attorneys all wanna turn at you (Sing For The Moment; performing artist: EMINEM)

Then just turn on the lights and you'll know (Don't Turn Off The Lights; performing artist: Enrique Iglesias)

Somebody turn on the light (Dancing On the Ceiling; performing artist: Lionel Richie)

Turn on the radio, (Somewhere Out There; performing artist: Our Lady Peace)

You are an engineer if you need a checklist to turn on the TV. (references; author: unknown)

If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights? (references; author: unknown)

I just want to turn on the light and have it work. I don't want to know where the electricity comes from. (references; author: unknown)

Turn on to Love (1969)

Scandal: The Big Turn On (2000)

Turn On with Kelly Nichols (1984)

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

Books

• LightShift 2000: Let's Turn on the Light of the World (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Scandal - Big Turn On (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Turn On the Word (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

Sailor tightens an oil refueling coupling on board, circa 1919. The original caption reads: "Coaling ship holds no terrors for the gobs on the New Mexico as on our latest oil burning types of super dreadnaught all that is necessary is to connect the hose and turn on the valve.". Credit: NAVY.

Is assisted into a breeches bouy for transfer from USS Monaghan (DD-354) to USS Enterprise (CV-6) on 31 May 1942, while the ships were en route to the Midway area. He had been picked up by the destroyer on 28 May, after his TBD-1 "Devastator" torpedo bomber had crashed attempting to land on the carrier. Aviation Radioman First Class Charles T. Granat is partially visible behind Lindsey, waiting his turn on the "high line". The other member of the plane's crew, Chief Aviation Pilot Thomas E. Schaeffer is standing with hands in pockets, just to left of the transfer group. Lindsey and Granat were killed in action attacking the Japanese fleet on 4 June 1942. Credit: NAVY.

Autos have to turn on lights to penetrate gloom of dust storm. Amarillo, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Stutz Weightman Special and another automobile going around turn on Benning race track, Washington, D.C., area on Thanksgiving Day. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Our decision, therefore, cannot turn on merely a comparison of these tangible factors in the Negro and white schools involved in each of the cases. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

A man had come in so noiselessly that nobody had heard the door turn on its hinges.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The activated transcription factors turn on genes required for cell growth and proliferation. (references)

This then allows this hormone to turn on certain activities in that cell. For example, in bone, estrogen seems to be involved in the breakdown and rebuilding that takes place continually, keeping bone healthy and strong. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "turn on": To turn on ♦ turn on a dime ♦ turn on full beam ♦ turn on one's heels ♦ turn on the charm ♦ turn on the electricity ♦ turn on the gas ♦ turn on the heat ♦ turn on the light ♦ turn on the tap ♦ turn on the water ♦ turn on the waterworks. Additional references.

Afrikaans

aanskakel (put, put on, start, switch, switch on). (various references)

Albanian

varem (depend, hang oneself, sag), ndez (activate, burn, enkindle, fire, fire up, foment, heat, ignite, inflame, kindle, light, make the fire, set fire, set light to, set on fire, switch on), hap (anatomize, cave, detect, dig, disclose, display, dissect, distribute, drive, expand, footstep, inaugurate, move, open, open up, pace, peg, pitch, remove, roll out, spread, start, step, stretch, strew, turn down, unblock, unbolt, unbosom, uncap, unclasp, unclench, unclose, uncork, uncover, undo, undraw, unfurl, unhook, unlatch, unlock, unreel, unseal, unshutter, unwrap, walk), aktivizoj (activate, Energize, put on, start, swotch on), aktivizohem (activate, put on, start, swotch on). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فتح حنفية, ‏فتح (conquer, conquest, open, switch on, unbar, unblock, unclose, unfasten, unfold, unlock, unseal, unzip), ‏أثار (aggravate, arouse, awaken, bestir, burn, chafe, elicit, engage, evoke, exacerbate, exalt, excite, fan, ferment, flurry, foment, fray, frazzle, fret, fuss, gall, get, gravel, gripe, heat, impassion, inflame, infuriate, inspire, instigate, irritate, itch, jog, jostle, kindle, madden, move, outrage, pique, remnant, rile, rouse, sour, stimulate, switch on, tease, thrill, touch off, transport, trigger, trouble, unsettle, urge, vex, whet, whip, work), ‏أشعل (burn, enkindle, fan the flame, fire, ignite, inflame, kindle, light, light up, lit, rekindle, switch on, torch), ‏أدار جهاز, ‏شغل (activate, busy, carry out, employ, engage, fill, hold, job, occupation, operate, pop on, power, run, switch on, task, work). (various references)

Bulgarian 

възбуждам (actuate, agitate, arouse, engage, enkindle, excite, ferment, heat, inflame, irritate, key up, pique, provoke, raise, set up, stimulate, sting, stir, thrill), вдъхновявам (animate, inbreathe, set up), отварям (blow in, break out, open, open up, put up, tear open, throw in, throw open, unbolt, undo, unseal, unstop, unwrap), нахвърлям се върху (make for, mob, oppugn, pelt, round on, sail into, set at, sweep, tuck into, turn upon), нападам (assault, attack, do over, engage, fall on, fall upon, infest, insult, lunge, mob, oppugn, pitch into, rabble, sail into, set about, set on, set upon, shape up, strike, strongarm, turn upon, walk into, zap), завъртам (screw, switch, turn, turn off, twist, wind), завися от (hang on, turn upon), запалвам (enthuse, fire, have a smoke, ignite, kick over, kindle, light, light up, start, start up, warm), правя силно впечатление (wow), паля (fire, ignite, light, strike, switch on, turn over). (various references)

Czech

zapnout (button up, fasten, flick, flick on, hook up, switch on), spustit (activate, cast, drop, have down, let down, take down, trigger off), rozsvítit (switch on). (various references)

Dutch

schakelen (switch), op gang brengen (put on, start, switch on), inschakelen (switch), activeren (activate, put on, start, swotch on), aanzetten tot (activate, put on, start, swotch on), aanzetten (abet, activate, attach, fan, fire, fur, inspire, put on, put onto, sew, sew on, sharpen, start, stimulate, stir up, switch on, swotch on, urge), aansteken (communicate, illuminate, infect, kindle, light, switch), aandraaien (fasten, switch, tighten, turn), aandoen (activate, affect, agitate, call at, cause, give rise to, move, put on, switch), aan de praat krýgen (put on, start, switch on). (various references)

Esperanto

turni plipreme (fasten, tighten, turn), enŝalti, ekfunkciigi (put on, start, switch on), aktivigi (put on, start, switch on), ŝalti (switch). (various references)

Finnish

kytkeä (chain up, connect, connect up, couple, plug in, switch, tie put on the lead). (various references)

French

allumer, activer. (various references)

Frisian

aktivearje (activate, put on, start, swotch on). (various references)

German

anstellen (add, conduct, do, draw, employ, engage, get up to, lean, manage, place, put on, recruit, set about, sign up, start, switch on, take on, to employ, to engage), anschalten (switch on, to switch on, to turn on). (various references)

Greek 

ανάβω (go on 1, go on 2, ignite, kindle, light, light up, lit, switch on). (various references)

Hawaiian

aktivizoj (activate, put on, start, swotch on), aktivizohem (activate, put on, start, swotch on). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפתוח ב- (launch, set off), ל�"פעיל (activate, actuate, bring into play, operate, ply, set in motion, start, trigger, wield, work). (various references)

Hungarian

verekedni kezd, mozgósít (activate, mobilize, put on, start, swotch on, to mobilize), kapcsol (catch on, clasp, put through, switch, to catch on, to join, to switch), bekapcsol (clasp, gear, plug in, switch on, to clasp, to do up, to gear, to press the button, to put in gear, to switch on, to throw the switch), aktivizál (activate, put on, start, swotch on). (various references)

Icelandic

kveikja á (activate, put on, start, swotch on). (various references)

Indonesian

memasang (lay, set). (various references)

Italian

accendere (burn, enkindle, illuminate, kindle, light, put on, switch, switch on, turn). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

電源�'入れる (to turn on power), 点す (to apply moxa cautery, to light, to turn on), 点ける (to light up, to switch on, to turn on), 灯す (to apply moxa cautery, to light, to turn on), 灯�'付ける (to turn on the light), 掛ける (to begin to, to cover, to hang, to make a phone call, to multiply, to play, to pour, to put on, to sit down, to turn on, to wear), 歯向う (to bite back, to defy, to oppose, to rise against, to strike back at, to turn on), 歯向かう (to bite back, to defy, to oppose, to rise against, to strike back at, to turn on), かき混ぜ規則 (scrambling, to dial, to start doing something, to turn on), 刃向かう (to bite back, to defy, to oppose, to rise against, to strike back at, to turn on). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひ�'つける (to turn on the light), で�"�'�"�'いれる (to turn on power), つける (to add, to affix, to append, to apply, to appraise, to attach, to bring alongside, to dip in, to establish, to fasten, to follow, to furnish, to give, to glue, to join, to keep, to keep a diary, to light up, to load, to make an entry, to moisten, to pickle, to place, to put, to put on, to set, to sew on, to shadow, to soak, to stick, to switch on, to turn on, to wear), かける (to dial, to start doing something, to turn on), はむかう (to bite back, to defy, to oppose, to rise against, to strike back at, to turn on), とぼす (to light, to turn on), ともす (to light, to turn on). (various references)

Malay

loncat ... meloncat (switch). (various references)

Manx

cur er roie, cur er (affectation, affectedness, apply, ascribe, compel, devolve, don, impose, imposition, induce, inflict, lead, oblige, on occasion, persuade). (various references)

Papiamen

aktivá (activate, advance, put on, start, swotch on). (various references)

Pig Latin

urntay onay

Polish

włączać. (various references)

Portuguese

ligar (band, bind, binding, bond, call, catenate, colligate, connect, connect up, couple, gear, incorporate, indenture, inosculate, interlink, interlock, interweave, join, joint, knit, ligature, link, mingle, plug, plug in, set, splice, switch, switch on, tie, tie up, unite, wed, yoke). (various references)

Romanian

deschide un robinet, aprinde luminã electricã. (various references)

Russian 

включать (add in, comprehend, comprise, embodied, embody, embrace, gear, geared, include, including, insert, install, involve, key on, power on, subsume, switch in, take in), открывать (abroach, dedicate, detect, discover, lead off, open, open up, reveal, uncap, unclose, uncover, undraw, unfold, unkennel, unlock, unshutter, unveil), зависеть (depend, hang on). (various references)

Scottish

cuir air (switch). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

upaliti (ignite, light, start up, switch on), uključiti (actuate, comprise, enter, include, join, plug, plug in), nasrnuti (attack, fall on, mob, set on, swoop), napaliti se. (various references)

Spanish

poner (add, adjust, affix, alight, append, arrange, attach, bet, call, clap, connect, contribute, deposit, do, dress, drop, encase, enclose, entangle, expend, fasten, get down, get on, give, give in, impawn, impose, inclose, insert, instal, install, invest, job, jug, kick out, land, lay, lay down, light, make, open, perform, place, play back, pose, post, provoke, put, put down, put into, put on, put out, put through, put up, raise, read, send, set, set up, slip on, stake, stand, start, stick, stick down, Stow, suppose, switch on, tag on, take, take along, throw in, translate, wear). (various references)

Swedish

tända (catch fire, fire, ignite, kindle, light, light up, spark, strike). (various references)

Turkish

tahrik etmek (agitate, egg, egg on, excite, fan, ferment, hound, hound on, incite, instigate, irritate, jockey into, move, provoke, rough the wrong way, rouse, seduce, solicit, stimulate, sting, stir up, whet, whip up, wind up, work up), yakmak (bite, burn, cauterize, fire, flash, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light, light up, put on, scathe, scorch, sear, set on fire), saldırmak (aggress, assail, assault, attack, charge, come at, come down on, come for, come on, come upon, descend, fall on, fly at, fly at smb., fly out at smb., go at, hit at, invade, jump on, lam into, lash into, lash out, lay about, let smb. have it, level off, level out, light into, lunge, make a dash, make a dead-set at, offend, pounce, press home, ride atilt at smb., round on, run at, run atilt at smb., rush, sally out, set up, storm, sweep down on, swoop, swoop down, swoop on, thrust, turn upon, wade in, wade into, walk into), heyecanlandırmak (carry away, electrify, exalt, excite, ferment, flush, hot up, impassion, inebriate, key up, Spike, stir, stir up, sweep away, sweep off, thrill, tickle up, transport, unsettle, warm up, wind up, work up), -e tutmak, -e doğru çevirmek (turn against), bağlı olmak (appertain, be attached to, be based on, be linked, bound up with, cleave, depend, hang, hang on, hinge on, interconnect, interdepend, pay homage to, pivot, relate, rest on, sit under, turn upon), aleyhine dönmek (back fire, backfire, turn against, turn to one's disadvantage, turn upon), açmak (bare, beat, bring up in conversation, bring up the subject, broach, cave, cave in, clear, clear away, clear off, clear up, cleave, cut, cut loose, dehisce, denude, dilate, dilute, disclose, disentangle, elaborate, evolve, expand, fade, inaugurate, institute, lay open, lead, lighten, loosen, loosen up, offer, open, open out, open up, pass, put up, ring up, shake out, sharpen, site, spread, spread out, strip, switch on, thaw, thaw out, throw open, tint, turn up, unbind, unbosom, unburden, uncase, unclasp, uncloak, unclose, unclothe, uncoil, uncover, uncross, uncurl, undo, unfold, unfurl, unhitch, unlock, unloose, unpack, unpin, unplait, unroll, unseal, unsnarl, unstop, untangle, unthread, untie, untwine, untwist, unwind, unwrap, usher in, whet, whiten, wind), çevirmek (assemble, avert, bowl, change to, commute, convert, decline, deflect, divert, encircle, enclose, exchange, flip, flip over, hedge in, hedge round, inclose, interpret, manage, point, point on, pull, render, revert, roll, roll over, screw, slew, slew round, slue, slue round, spin, surround, switch to, translate, translate into, turn, turn into, turn over, turn to, twiddle, twirl, upturn, whip, wind, wind up, zone). (various references)

Ukrainian

вмикати (cut in, key on). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: turnon, untorn.

-2 letters: noun, rout, runt, torn, tour, turn, unto.

-3 letters: nor, not, nun, nut, ort, our, out, rot, run, rut, ton, tor, tun, urn.

-4 letters: no, nu, on, or, to, un, ut.

+1 letter: neutron, nocturn, turnons.

+2 letters: downturn, neutrino, neutrons, nocturne, nocturns, nontrump, nontruth, notturni, notturno, nutbrown, trunnion, turndown, unornate, unthrone.

+3 letters: centurion, congruent, continuer, downturns, encounter, fortuning, groundnut, intrusion, inundator, neutrinos, neutronic, nocturnal, nocturnes, nonauthor, nonhunter, nontruths, nonurgent, nutrition, orangutan, ruination, tonsuring, trouncing, truncheon, trunnions, turndowns, turnstone, tyrannous, undertone, unrooting, unthroned, unthrones, untrodden, urination.

+4 letters: centurions, concurrent, connatural, construing, continuers, contouring, countering, counterion, counterman, countermen, countryman, countrymen, encounters, enunciator, groundnuts, induration, insinuator, interunion, intrusions, inundators, inundatory, jointuring, motoneuron, neurotoxin, nitrofuran, nonauthors, noncountry, noncurrent, nonhunters, nonnatural, nonroutine, nonsupport, nontenured, northbound, numeration, nutritions, orangutans, outburning, outearning, outgrinned, outranging, outranking, outringing, outrunning, outsnoring, quaternion, recounting, remounting, rencounter, reunionist, rotundness, ruinations, rumination, shotgunner, tenpounder, tournament, tourneying, truncation, truncheons, turnaround, turnstones, unarrogant, undercount, undertones, unneurotic, unromantic, unthroning, urinations.