When you turn or when you turn part of your body, you move your body or part of your body so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction.

When you turn something, you move it so that it is facing in a different or opposite direction, or is in a very different position.

When something such as a wheel turns, or when you turn it, it continually moves around in a particular direction.

When you turn something such as a key, knob, or switch, or when it turns, you hold it and twist your hand, in order to open something or make it start working.

When you turn in a particular direction or turn a corner, you change the direction in which you are moving or travelling.

The point where a road, path, or river turns, is the point where it has a bend or curve in it.

When the tide turns, it starts coming in or going out.

When someone turns a cartwheel or a somersault, they do a cartwheel or somersault.

When you turn a page of a book or magazine, you move it so that is flat against the previous page, and you can read the next page.

If you turn a weapon or an aggressive feeling on someone, you point it at them or direct it at them.

If you turn to a particular page in a book or magazine, you open it at that page.

If you turn your attention or thoughts to a particular subject or if you turn to it, you start thinking about it or discussing it.

If you turn to someone, you ask for their help or advice.

If you turn to a particular activity, job, or way of doing something, you start doing or using it.

To turn or be turned into something means to become that thing.

You can use turn before an adjective to indicate that something or someone changes by acquiring the quality described by the adjective.

If something turns a particular colour or if something turns it a particular colour, it becomes that colour.

You can use turn to indicate that there is a change to a particular kind of weather. For example, if it turns cold, the weather starts being cold.

If a situation or trend takes a particular kind of turn, it changes so that it starts developing in a different or opposite way.

In sports, if a game turns, or is turned, something significant happens which changes the way the game is developing.

If a business turns a profit, it earns more money than it spends.

When someone turns a particular age, they pass that age. When it turns a particular time, it passes that time.

Turn is used in expressions such as the turn of the century and the turn of the year to refer to a period of time when one century or year is ending and the next one is beginning.

When someone turns a wooden or metal object that they are making, they shape it using a special tool.

If it is your turn to do something, you now have the duty, chance, or right to do it, when other people have done it before you or will do it after you.

If you say that someone is having a turn, you mean they feel suddenly very unwell for a short period of time.

You can use by turns to indicate that someone has two particular emotions or qualities, one after the other.

If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen.

If you say that something happens at every turn, you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want.

If you do someone a good turn, you do something that helps or benefits them.

If someone turns a place inside out or upside down, they search it very thoroughly and usually make it very untidy.

If something such as a system or way of life is turned inside out or upside down, it is changed completely, making people confused or upset.

You use in turn to refer to actions or events that are in a sequence one after the other, for example because one causes the other.

If each person in a group does something in turn, they do it one after the other in a fixed or agreed order.

If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.

If you speak out of turn or talk out of turn, you say something that you do not have the right or authority to say.

If a person, animal, or vehicle has a good turn of speed, they have the ability to move fast.

If two or more people take turns to do something, or in British English take it in turns to do something, they do it one after the other several times, rather than doing it together.

If a situation takes a turn for the worse, it suddenly becomes worse. If a situation takes a turn for the better, it suddenly becomes better.