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Princeton's WordNet

  1. address, turn toverb

    speak to

    "He addressed the crowd outside the window"

  2. turn toverb

    direct one's interest or attention towards; go into

    "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "People turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium"

Wiktionary

  1. turn toverb

    to become, to degenerate into.

  2. turn toverb

    to consult for advice

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  1. turn to

    "Turn to" is a phrase that generally means to seek help, advice, or information from someone or something. It can also mean to start doing or dealing with something, often as part of a series or process. It can additionally refer to changing one's direction or position towards a certain point. The specific meaning can vary depending on the context it is used in.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn to in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn to in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of turn to in a Sentence

  1. Pope Francis:

    I ask myself how many young people that we Europeans have left devoid of ideals, who do not have work. Then they turn to drugs and alcohol or enlist in ISIS.

  2. Kathleen Chard:

    The second highest diagnosis behind PTSD is depression, and if left untreated, people turn to substance abuse— so we really want to intervene as early as we can.

  3. Vermont Labor Commissioner Lindsay Kurrle:

    Vermont Labor really does turn to the states to determine eligibility.

  4. Sonny Perdue:

    As I've often said, if we're going to feed 10 billion people by 2050, farmers worldwide need all the tools and technologies at our disposal, in addition to the immediate effect of slowing the development of Vietnamese agricultural production, there's the very real risk that Vietnam's farmers will turn to unregulated, illegal chemical products in place of glyphosate.

  5. Charlton Heston:

    I simply cannot stand by and watch a right guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States come under attack from those who either can't understand it, don't like the sound of it, or find themselves too philosophically squeamish to see why it remains the first among equals: Because it is the right we turn to when all else fails. That's why the Second Amendment is America's first freedom.


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