turn off

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === turn off (third-person singular simple present turns off, present participle turning off, simple past and past participle turned off) (transitive, obsolete) To dismiss; to fire. (transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.). (intransitive, of a machine, etc.) To become deactivated; to become powered down. (transitive) To rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas. (transitive) To repulse, disgust, or discourage (someone). (intransitive) To leave a road; to exit. (dated, transitive) To avert. (transitive, archaic) To turn out; to produce. (slang, obsolete, transitive) To execute by hanging. ==== Synonyms ==== (put out of operation): shut off, switch off, shut down, cut off, cut, deactivate, disable (interrupt flow of liquid or gas by rotating a valve): shut off ==== Antonyms ==== turn on ==== Coordinate terms ==== (put out of operation): keep on (transitive), leave on (transitive) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====