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Languages: English : turn

Verb conjugation in Windows:

Infinitive: to turn
Participle: turned
Gerund: turning

 

Indicative

Subjunctive

Present
I    turn
you  turn
he   turns
we   turn
you  turn
they turn

Perfect
I    have turned
you  have turned
he   has turned
we   have turned
you  have turned
they have turned


Past

I    turned
you  turned
he   turned
we   turned
you  turned
they turned


Pluperfect

I    had turned
you  had turned
he   had turned
we   had turned
you  had turned
they had turned


Future

I    will turn
you  will turn
he   will turn
we   will turn
you  will turn
they will turn


Future perfect

I    will have turned
you  will have turned
he   will have turned
we   will have turned
you  will have turned
they will have turned

Present
I    turn
you  turn
he   turn
we   turn
you  turn
they turn

Present
I    have turned
you  have turned
he   have turned
we   have turned
you  have turned
they have turned


Imperfect

I    turned
you  turned
he   turned
we   turned
you  turned
they turned


Pluperfect

I    had turned
you  had turned
he   had turned
we   had turned
you  had turned
they had turned

Conditional

Imperative


Present

I    would turn
you  would turn
he   would turn
we   would turn
you  would turn
they would turn

 


Perfect

I    would have turned
you  would have turned
he   would have turned
we   would have turned
you  would have turned
they would have turned




you  turn

we   Let´s turn
you  turn


Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Conditional

Present
I    am turning
you  are turning
he   is turning
we   are turning
you  are turning
they are turning

Perfect
I    have been turning
you  have been turning
he   has been turning
we   have been turning
you  have been turning
they have been turning


Past

I    was turning
you  were turning
he   was turning
we   were turning
you  were turning
they were turning


Pluperfect

I    had been turning
you  had been turning
he   had been turning
we   had been turning
you  had been turning
they had been turning


Future

I    will be turning
you  will be turning
he   will be turning
we   will be turning
you  will be turning
they will be turning


Future perfect

I    will have been turning
you  will have been turning
he   will have been turning
we   will have been turning
you  will have been turning
they will have been turning

Present
I    would be turning
you  would be turning
he   would be turning
we   would be turning
you  would be turning
they would be turning

Perfect
I    would have been turning
you  would have been turning
he   would have been turning
we   would have been turning
you  would have been turning
they would have been turning

turn

Turn, v. t. [tûrn]
  • OE. turnentournen, OF. tournertornerturner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to round off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. to`rnos a turner's chisel, a carpenter's tool for drawing circles; probably akin to E. throw. See Throw, and cf. AttorneyReturnTornadoTourTournament
  1. To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head.Turn the adamantine spindle round.The monarch turns him to his royal guest.
  2. To cause to present a different side uppermost or outmost; to make the upper side the lower, or the inside to be the outside of; to reverse the position of; as, to turn a box or a board; to turn a coat.
  3. To give another direction, tendency, or inclination to; to direct otherwise; to deflect; to incline differently; -- used both literally and figuratively; as, to turn the eyes to the heavens; to turn a horse from the road, or a ship from her course; to turn the attention to or from something.Expert when to advance, or stand, or,turnthe sway of battle.Thrice I deluded her, and turned to sport Her importunity.My thoughts are turned on peace.
  4. To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to another purpose or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to devote.Therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David.God will make these evils the occasion of a greater good, by turning them to advantage in this world.When the passage is open, land will be turned most to cattle; when shut, to sheep.
  5. To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like.The Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee.And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.Impatience turns an ague into a fever.
  6. To form in a lathe; to shape or fashion (anything) by applying a cutting tool to it while revolving; as, to turn the legs of stools or tables; to turn ivory or metal.I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned.
  7. Hence, to give form to; to shape; to mold; to put in proper condition; to adapt.The poet's penturnsthem to shapes.His limbs how turned, how broad his shoulders spread !He was perfectly well turned for trade.
  8. Specifically:To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad.Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown.To make acid or sour; to ferment; to curdle, etc.: as, to turn cider or wine; electricity turns milk quickly.To sicken; to nauseate; as, an emetic turns one's stomach.
  9. To make a turn about or around (something); to go or pass around by turning; as, to turn a corner.The ranges are not high or steep, and one can turn a kopje instead of cutting or tunneling through it.
Turn, v. i.
  1. To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel.The gate . . . on golden hinges turning.
  2. Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge; to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.Conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of war.
  3. To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue.If we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our advantage.
  4. To be deflected; to take a different direction or tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.Turn from thy fierce wrath.Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways.The understanding turns inward on itself, and reflects on its own operations.
  5. To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Muslim.I hope you have no intent to turn husband.Cygnets from gray turn white.
  6. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory turns well.
  7. Specifically:To become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.To become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.I'll look no more; Lest my brain turn.To be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.To become inclined in the other direction; -- said of scales.To change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; -- said of the tide.ObstetricsTo bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
  8. PrintTo invert a type of the same thickness, as temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.

Verbs conjugated like to turn

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, acclaim, accloy, accoast, accoil, accord,
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