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To rotate so as not to face someone or something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, literally
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To bend or turn from a fixed course.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To refuse to admit someone or accept something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Examples
- He was turned away at the border because he didn't have a valid visa.
- The referee turned away the players' protests.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: turn back
Antonyms: none provided
To avert or ward off the occurrence or effects of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To dismiss from service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, transitive
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To forsake or refuse an association or commitment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
Examples
- He turned away from his old comrades.
- She increasingly turned away from politics.
- Some people donate what they can, while others simply turn away.
- Turn away from a life of sin.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: turn one's back
Antonyms: none provided
move so as not face somebody or something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: turn
turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deflect, bend
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: turn
turn away or aside
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- They averted their eyes when the King entered
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: avert
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: turn
refuse entrance or membership
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- They turned away hundreds of fans
- Black people were often rejected by country clubs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reject, turn down, refuse
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Indonesian:
memalingkan
— (transitive) to rotate so as not to face someone or something
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Russian:
отвора́чивать
(otvoráčivatʹ)
— (transitive) to rotate so as not to face someone or something
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Russian:
отверну́ть
(otvernútʹ)
— (transitive) to rotate so as not to face someone or something
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Ukrainian:
відверта́ти
(vidvertáty)
— (transitive) to rotate so as not to face someone or something
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Ukrainian:
відверну́ти
(vidvernúty)
— (transitive) to rotate so as not to face someone or something
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Czech:
odvrátit se
— (intransitive) to rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something
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Finnish:
kääntyä
— (intransitive) to rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something
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French:
se détourner
— (intransitive) to rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something
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German:
sich abwenden
— (intransitive) to rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something
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Indonesian:
berpaling
— (intransitive) to rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something
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Polish:
odwracać się
— (intransitive) to rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something
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Russian:
отвора́чиваться
(otvoráčivatʹsja)
— (intransitive) to rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something
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Russian:
отверну́ться
(otvernútʹsja)
— (intransitive) to rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something
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Ukrainian:
відверта́тися
(vidvertátysja)
— (intransitive) to rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something
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Ukrainian:
відверну́тися
(vidvernútysja)
— (intransitive) to rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something
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Ukrainian:
відхиля́тися
(vidxyljátysja)
— (intransitive) to rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something
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Ukrainian:
відхили́тися
(vidxylýtysja)
— (intransitive) to rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something
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Finnish:
kääntää
— (transitive) to bend or turn from a fixed course
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French:
détourner
— (transitive) to bend or turn from a fixed course
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Ukrainian:
відхиля́ти
(vidxyljáty)
— (transitive) to bend or turn from a fixed course
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Ukrainian:
відхили́ти
(vidxylýty)
— (transitive) to bend or turn from a fixed course
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French:
se détourner
— (intransitive) to bend or turn from a fixed course
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Ukrainian:
відхиля́тися
(vidxyljátysja)
— (intransitive) to bend or turn from a fixed course
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Ukrainian:
відхили́тися
(vidxylýtysja)
— (intransitive) to bend or turn from a fixed course
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Finnish:
käännyttää
— to refuse to admit someone or accept something
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Finnish:
estää
— to avert or ward off the occurrence or effects of
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Finnish:
käännyttää
— to avert or ward off the occurrence or effects of
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Finnish:
erottaa
— to dismiss from service
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Ukrainian:
відверта́тися
(vidvertátysja)
— to forsake or refuse an association or commitment
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Ukrainian:
відверну́тися
(vidvernútysja)
— to forsake or refuse an association or commitment
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Ukrainian:
відхиля́тися
(vidxyljátysja)
— to forsake or refuse an association or commitment
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Ukrainian:
відхили́тися
(vidxylýtysja)
— to forsake or refuse an association or commitment
