turned

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turned

/tɜːnd/ UK
/tɝnd/ US
/tɔːnd/ Northumbria
/tɔːnt/ Northumbria

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nd

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of turn
In the pattern "X turned Y", indicates that someone has turned (changed) from X into Y. a poacher turned gamekeeper

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: inside-out, inverted, off, overturned, reversed, revolved, rotated, sour, soured, upset, upside-down, upturned, wrong-side-out, activated, addressed, aimed

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@misc{turned_2026,
  title = {turned},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/turned},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}