turn on

Verb

 * 1)  To set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve.
 * 2)  To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
 * 3) * 2006 Feb. 17, Graham Linehan,, Season 1, Episode 4:
 * Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and turning it on again? Ok. Well, are you sure that it's plugged in?
 * 1)  To start operating; to power up, to become on.
 * 2)  To  (someone to something), and especially to fill them with enthusiasm (about it); to intoxicate, give pleasure to ( + to an object of interest or excitement).
 * 3)  To sexually arouse.
 * John's a maid fetishist. Maid outfits really turn him on.
 * 1)  To take drugs.
 * 2)  To cause to take up drugs, especially hallucinogens.
 * 3)  To aim at.
 * 4)  To rebel against; to suddenly attack.
 * 5)  To cause (someone) to rebel against or suddenly attack (someone else).
 * 6)  To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject.
 * 1)  To sexually arouse.
 * John's a maid fetishist. Maid outfits really turn him on.
 * 1)  To take drugs.
 * 2)  To cause to take up drugs, especially hallucinogens.
 * 3)  To aim at.
 * 4)  To rebel against; to suddenly attack.
 * 5)  To cause (someone) to rebel against or suddenly attack (someone else).
 * 6)  To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject.
 * 1)  To rebel against; to suddenly attack.
 * 2)  To cause (someone) to rebel against or suddenly attack (someone else).
 * 3)  To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject.
 * 1)  To cause (someone) to rebel against or suddenly attack (someone else).
 * 2)  To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject.
 * 1)  To cause (someone) to rebel against or suddenly attack (someone else).
 * 2)  To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject.
 * 1)  To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject.

Usage notes

 * In senses 1-7 turn on is a phrasal verb with on functioning as an adverbial particle. If the sense is transitive and the object is a noun, the particle on may feature before or after the noun. If the object is a personal pronoun, then the particle on must come after it.
 * In senses 8-11, turn on comprises the verb turn used intransitively and on functioning as a preposition before a noun or pronoun.

Synonyms

 * sense 9

Antonyms

 * senses 1 to 5 inclusive
 * senses 1 to 5 inclusive + sense 10

Coordinate terms

 * senses 1 to 4 inclusive
 * senses 1 to 4 inclusive

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܵܬܹܚ
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: lahti keerama
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ჩართვა
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: skrúfa frá
 * Igbo:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: cuir ar siúl
 * Italian:
 * Ladin:
 * Ladino:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Bokmål:
 * Norwegian Nynorsk:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: odkręcać,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Veps:
 * Volapük:
 * Võro: käändmä vallalõ
 * Votic: avatõ


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܠܗܹܐ, ܛܲܦܹܐ, ܡܲܦܠܸܚ
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: уключа́ць, уключы́ць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cherokee: ᏓᏨᏍᏔᏍᎦ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, starte (op)
 * Dutch: ; ;
 * Esperanto: aktivigi, enŝalti
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish: laittaa päälle ;
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ჩართვა
 * German: ; ;
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hebrew: הדליק,
 * Hindi: चालू करना
 * Hungarian: ;  ;
 * Icelandic: kveikja á, setja í gang, skrúfa frá
 * Igbo:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: cuir ar siúl
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, スイッチを入れる, , オンする
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, 턴온하다
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Ladin:
 * Ladino:
 * Lao: ເປີດ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: ieslēgt
 * Lithuanian: įjungti
 * Macedonian: вклу́чува,, ,
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: xegħel
 * Mongolian:
 * Ngazidja Comorian: huuniha
 * Norwegian: slå på,
 * Norwegian Bokmål:
 * Norwegian Nynorsk:
 * Occitan: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: укључи́вати, укљу́чити
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: zapnúť
 * Slovene: vklopiti, vključiti, prižgati
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: paandarin
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: вмикати, включати
 * Venetian: inpiẑar,
 * Veps:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Võro:
 * Votic:
 * Yiddish: אָנצינדן


 * Afrikaans:
 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܠܗܹܐ
 * Danish: starte (op),
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ჩართვა
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: נדלק
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:, 턴온되다
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: umandar,
 * Thai: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: saada kiinnostumaan
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , geil machen
 * Hindi:
 * Kazakh:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malayalam:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Cyrillic: палити, напалити, ложити
 * Roman:, napaliti,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: збуджувати, збудити


 * Arabic: اِنْقَلَبَ عَلَى
 * Finnish: kääntyä vastaan
 * Italian: rivoltarsi contro
 * Japanese: 突っ掛かる
 * Swedish: vända sig mot