turn on meaning
ENWTurn on
- VerbSGturns onPRturning onPT, PPturned on
- (transitive) To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject.
- The argument turned on the question of whether or not jobs would be lost.
- (transitive) To set a flow of (water, gas, electricity etc.) running.
- Turn on the tap
- (transitive) To power up (a device), to start, to cause to start operating.
- Please turn the lights on so I can see what I'm reading.
- (intransitive, of a device) To start operating; to power up, to become on.
- My computer won't turn on.
- (transitive) To violently rebel against; to suddenly attack.
- Suddenly all his friends turned on him.
- (transitive) To fill with enthusiasm; to intoxicate, give pleasure to ( + to an object of interest or excitement).
- Attractive packaging can turn buyers on to a product.
- Attractive showroom models can turn buyers on
- (transitive) To sexually arouse.
- (transitive, slang) To cause to take up drugs, especially hallucinogens.
- (transitive) To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The global economic crisis has managed to turn on their head stock exchanges worldwide.
- The crisis turned on their head the formulas that had seemed to work.
- She turned on the waterworks when we told her the old man was dead, but she was asking questions about the will soon enough.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of turn on in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Phrases
- Phrasal verbs
- Phrasal verbs with particle (on)
- Phrasal verbs with particle (on)
- Phrasal verbs
- Verbs
- Phrasal verbs
- Phrasal verbs with particle (on)
- Phrasal verbs with particle (on)
- Ergative verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Phrasal verbs
- Phrases
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this idiom "turn on" is a phrase, more specifically, a phrasal verb. It's also a verb, more specifically, a phrasal verb, an ergative verb, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.