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[ verb ] speak to
Examples "He addressed the crowd outside the window" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)She turned_to him again . (Francis Pollini, Night....)His thoughts turned_to other things . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)If Simms_Purdew would turn_to him and say : `` Adam , you know when I was a boy , it was a funny thing happened . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)My host went_over and stared out the window at his peacocks ; then he turned_to me . Related terms |
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[ verb ] have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
Examples "She called on her Representative to help her" "She turned to her relatives for help" Used in print (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)To light industry , the economies of being on one floor are much slighter , but efficiency_engineers usually believe_in them , and manufacturers looking_for ways to cut costs cannot be prevented from turning_to efficiency_engineers . Related terms |
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[ verb ] direct one's interest or attention towards; go into
Examples "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction" "People turn to mysticism at the turn of a millenium" Used in print (Rocky Mountain News, [Denver, Colorado]...)That is where we turn in the good old summertime . (Charles Glicksberg, "Sex in Contemporary Literature"...)Instead of giving themselves spontaneously to the orgiastic release that jazz can give them , they undergo psychoanalysis or flirt_with mysticism or turn_to prostitutes for satisfaction . (Cordwainer Smith, "A Planet Named Shayol,"...)B ' dikkat had turned_to the next knot of people when the super-condamine hit Mercer . |
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[ verb ] take into consideration, have in view
Synonyms Examples "He entertained the notion of moving to South America" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)She has since turned_to Bellini , whose opera `` Beatrice_di_Tenda '' in a concert version with the American_Opera_Society introduced her to New_York last season . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Turning_to the more modern versions , Curzon 's ( London ) offers the most sophisticated keyboard work . (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)Whenever artists , indeed , turned_to actual representations or molded three-dimensional_figures , which were rare down to 800 B.C. , they tended to reflect reality ( see Plate 6a , 9b ) ; a schematic , abstract treatment of men and animals , by intent , rose only in the late eighth century . Related terms |
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[ verb ] turn one's interest to
Synonyms Examples "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty" Used in print (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)Next he turned_to wax because there was a similarity of wax to marble in tactile quality and translucence . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)Without exception Hino 's brothers turned_to either one or both of their father 's occupations , but Hino showed a talent for neither and instead spent most of his time on the beach where he repaired nets and proved immensely popular as a storyteller . |
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