"turn into" meaning in English

See turn into in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-turn into.ogg [Australia] Forms: turns into [present, singular, third-person], turning into [participle, present], turned into [participle, past], turned into [past]
Etymology: turn + into Etymology templates: {{m|en|turn}} turn, {{m|en|into}} into Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} turn into (third-person singular simple present turns into, present participle turning into, simple past and past participle turned into)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To transform into; become. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms (intransitive: become): become Translations (intransitive: become): convertir-se (Catalan), esdevenir (Catalan), 成為 (Chinese Cantonese), 成为 (english: sing⁴ wai⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 變得 (Chinese Mandarin), 变得 (biànde) (Chinese Mandarin), 變成 (Chinese Mandarin), 变成 (biànchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), forvandle sig til (Danish), overgaan (Dutch), muuttua (Finnish), devenir (French), se transformer en (French), sich wandeln in (German), sich verwandeln in (German), werden (German), γίνομαι (gínomai) (Greek), válik (Hungarian), átváltozik (Hungarian), változik (Hungarian), 변하다 (byeonhada) (Korean), ugauha (Maore Comorian), forvandle seg til (Norwegian), virar (Portuguese), tornar-se (Portuguese), превраща́ться (prevraščátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), преврати́ться (prevratítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), convertirse (Spanish), klutk- (Tocharian B), dönmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-turn_into-en-verb-v4fccfe2 Disambiguation of 'intransitive: become': 64 32 4 Disambiguation of 'intransitive: become': 64 32 4
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To transform into; cause to become. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms (transitive: cause to become): make Translations (transitive: cause to become): zu ... machen (German), κάνω (káno) (Greek), μεταμορφώνω (metamorfóno) (Greek), átváltozat (Hungarian), változtat (Hungarian), tornar (Portuguese), превраща́ть (prevraščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), преврати́ть (prevratítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), çevirmek (Turkish), döndürmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-turn_into-en-verb-TOyxVBeu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (into) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 45 27 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (into): 25 57 18 Disambiguation of 'transitive: cause to become': 11 87 1 Disambiguation of 'transitive: cause to become': 11 87 1
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, into.
    Sense id: en-turn_into-en-verb-drN3uPUp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: make into Related terms: turn, turn in, turn into a pumpkin

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "intransitive: become",
      "word": "forvandle seg til"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intransitive: become",
      "word": "virar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intransitive: become",
      "word": "tornar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevraščátʹsja",
      "sense": "intransitive: become",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "превраща́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevratítʹsja",
      "sense": "intransitive: become",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "преврати́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: become",
      "word": "convertirse"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "intransitive: become",
      "word": "klutk-"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "intransitive: become",
      "word": "dönmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: cause to become",
      "word": "zu ... machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "káno",
      "sense": "transitive: cause to become",
      "word": "κάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metamorfóno",
      "sense": "transitive: cause to become",
      "word": "μεταμορφώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "transitive: cause to become",
      "word": "átváltozat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "transitive: cause to become",
      "word": "változtat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "transitive: cause to become",
      "word": "tornar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevraščátʹ",
      "sense": "transitive: cause to become",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "превраща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevratítʹ",
      "sense": "transitive: cause to become",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "преврати́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "transitive: cause to become",
      "word": "çevirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "transitive: cause to become",
      "word": "döndürmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "turn into"
}

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