What does turn off mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. switch off, cut, turn off, turn outverb

    cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

    "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"

  2. turn offverb

    make a turn

    "turn off at the parking area"

  3. turn off, put offverb

    cause to feel intense dislike or distaste

Wiktionary

  1. turn offverb

    To power down; to stop a device by switching it off.

  2. turn offverb

    To repulse, disgust, or discourage.

  3. turn offverb

    To leave a road; to exit.

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  1. turn off

    To turn off means to stop the operation or flow of something, typically by switching a device or system off. It could also mean to cause someone to feel bored, uninterested, or repelled.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn off in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of turn off in a Sentence

  1. Robbie Smith:

    We need to look at all the ways we are not understanding the fate of plastic, recycling is terrible, even in the US. Countries are facing up to the reality, but they are not ready to turn off the tap. Read more: Greenland is melting in a heatwave. That's everyone's problem.

  2. Katherine Keyes:

    If and when Covid restrictions ease, you won't see a reversal in the same way you saw the acceleration because these drug distribution networks and addiction become embedded in the community. And it's not like they turn off overnight.

  3. Mike Pompeo:

    State Department's State Department that for years and years and years we've provided hundreds of millions of dollars -- taxpayer, State Mike Pompeo taxpayer dollars -- to these countries and it, as you can see, hasn't delivered the outcome we're looking for with respect to American security and security along our southern border, so President Trump's made the decision that, with respect to the three countries in the Northern Triangle, we would turn off that assistance and frankly demand that they do the things that they're capable of doing. They've now expressed some willingness. We need to work alongside them to deliver on this outcome.

  4. Andy Dehnart:

    If (Odom's situation) becomes a central story line, it might help ratings temporarily, but we have also seen that these kind of things don't necessarily draw viewers back in hordes, if anything, it reminds viewers that this isn't just a fantasy world and that can sometimes turn off people who don't really want to think about what they are watching but who just want to tune out and enjoy.

  5. Jo Morely:

    We need the government to go much, much, much further, we are facing a plastics crisis and we need to turn off the tap, we are really facing an environmental crisis, our oceans are full of plastic, and they're killing marine life, they are damaging our eco-systems and they are actually threatening human health.


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