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adjective

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verb

past tense of turn
1
as in rotated
to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis turned the doorknob as quietly as possible

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2
as in swung
to change the course or direction of (something) the dog turned the stampeding flock of sheep around he turned his cart uphill

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as in deviated
to change one's course or direction we turned left at the light the storm unexpectedly turned south and missed our area

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as in became
to eventually have as a state or quality will turn 12 in six months

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as in revolved
to move in circles around an axis or center the wheels turned, but the car was hopelessly stuck and wasn't moving

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as in pondered
to give serious and careful thought to turned the question every which way but could find no answer

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as in depended
to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) what we do next turns on your answer to the following question

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as in spun
to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around all the new information made his head turn

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as in convinced
to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge he did his best to turn his new friends against his ex-wife

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Recent Examples of turned
Verb
Think of this top and shorts set as a pair of pajamas turned travel-day chic. — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026 The Smith family have owned it ever since, and in 2006 Maggie turned it into the hotel that stands today. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026 Trout, who turned 35 on Friday, hit a home run on his birthday for the sixth time in his 16 MLB seasons. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026 An Elk Grove mother is fighting to change how California treats fatal car crashes after her son Connor Lopez, 23, was killed when a driver turned left in front of his motorcycle in April 2025. — Ruyuan Li. Story Produced With Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026 No franchise on this list is more indebted to a single auteur (Wes Craven) and a single actor (Robert Englund), who turned the saga of Freddy Krueger into something uniquely horrifying. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2026 What initially seemed like a handful of quirky anecdotes gradually turned into a much broader pattern. — Cyril Grueter, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2026 Mitchell scored eight straight points and Clark hit a 3-pointer in a 13-0 second-quarter run as the Fever turned a tie game into a 46-33 advantage before leading 53-42 at halftime. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026 Cyber incidents have turned loss-of-control language into operational risk. — Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned
  1. off
  2. rotated
  3. swung
  4. deviated
  5. became
  6. revolved
  7. pondered
  8. depended
Adjective
  • Here, the two twin in camel coats in an off-duty moment at Paris Fashion Week 2022.
    — Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
  • With a number of off days on the upcoming schedule and five healthy starters already in their rotation, the Yankees should be able to make that strategy work without taxing their bullpen.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of off
Verb
  • Those two rotated fluidly throughout, combined well and have developed a strong on-pitch connection.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Cameron Thomas, who played under Stefanski the past two years with the Browns, has also seen extensive snaps with the starters, while veteran Azeez Ojulari rotated in with the first-team defense Friday.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of rotated
Verb
  • And the pendulum has swung on hormone therapy; medical groups now recommend it again for many patients, after years of cautioning against it.
    — Mara Gordon, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026
  • As supply chains stabilized, however, the pendulum swung the other way, and many businesses were left with too much inventory on hand.
    — JP Shaffer, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of swung
Verb
  • The Costa Concordia allegedly deviated from its planned route around the Mediterranean Sea to do this.
    — Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
  • And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of deviated
Verb
  • The company said verbal warnings and geofenced areas became active July 1.
    — Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • That clash of different tonalities and the uncertainty of getting it right became the show’s greatest throughline creative asset.
    — Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of became
Verb
  • To its left, sausages revolved on chrome rollers; to its right, a human attendant in a brightly colored uniform looked patient and quizzical.
    — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Still, most gravitate toward the main pool, where the Delano's social scene has revolved for decades.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026
Definition of revolved
Verb
  • In a July 2025 text chain, an agent pondered whether facial recognition tools could be used to identify people on TikTok who admitted to being in the country illegally.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • In a July interview with Rolling Stone, Foreman pondered why his story went viral.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2026
Definition of pondered
Verb
  • His company depended on a third-party tool to connect its data infrastructure, and the deciding problem turned out not to be the price.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Applicants for the Silver Platter dispute the characterization, describing the bar as a quiet gathering place whose patrons have long depended on its low profile.
    — Isaac Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
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