turn down
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
refuse to accept
He refused my offer of hospitality
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Sense 2 verb
refuse entrance or membership
They turned away hundreds of fans
Related & opposite
- allow in antonym
- nonacceptance derivation
- cull derivation
- refusal derivation
- spurn verb group
Sense 3 verb
reject with contempt
She spurned his advances
Types & categories
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Sense 4 verb
take a downward direction
The economy finally turned down after a long boom
Types & categories
- decline hypernym
Sense 5 verb
make lower or quieter
turn down the volume of a radio
Types & categories
- minify hypernym
Related & opposite
- lowering derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | accept |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rejection |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nonacceptance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | refusal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | regrets |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | spurn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dishonor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bounce |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | allow in |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nonacceptance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cull |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | refusal |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | spurn |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nonacceptance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cull |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sneerer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spurner |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rejective |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | turn down |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | turn down |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | refuse |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rebuff |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | decline |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lowering |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | minify |