turn to

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer le fait de se tourner vers quelqu'un ou quelque chose pour obtenir de l'aide, un conseil ou du réconfort, ou encore de commencer à se concentrer sur une nouvelle activité ou un nouveau sujet.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of seeking help, advice, or comfort from someone or something, or beginning to focus on a new activity or subject.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Seek help or adviceformal

   To go to someone for help, support, or advice.

   se tourner vers

   • She turned to her mother for comfort after the loss.
   • When in trouble, he always turns to his best friend.
   • Many people turn to online forums for advice.

   Synonymesapproachcall onconsultlook to

2. Begin an activityformal

   To start doing something, especially after a period of delay or hesitation.

   se mettre à

   • After the meeting, they turned to the main agenda.
   • He turned to writing as a way to express his feelings.
   • The team turned to the next phase of the project.

   Synonymesbegincommenceget around toset aboutstarttake upundertake

   Antonymesceasedesistquitstop

3. Change into somethingformal

   To transform or become something else.

   se transformer en

   • The leaves turned to gold in autumn.
   • The conversation turned to politics.
   • His initial anger turned to sadness.

   Synonymesbecomeconvertmetamorphosetransform

Verbe de baseturn