turn on

  • (verb): To set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve.
  • (verb): To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
  • (verb): (of a device) To start operating; to power up, to become on.
  • (verb): To fill with enthusiasm; to intoxicate, give pleasure to ( + to an object of interest or excitement).
  • (verb): To sexually arouse.
  • (verb): To cause to take up drugs, especially hallucinogens.
  • (verb): To violently rebel against; to suddenly attack (this is the intransitive verb turn, with on functioning as a preposition not as an adverbial particle).
  • (verb): To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject (this is the intransitive verb turn, with on functioning as a preposition not as an adverbial particle).
  • Turn on the tap
  • Please turn on automatic updates.
  • My computer won't turn on.
  • Attractive packaging can turn buyers on to a product.
  • Suddenly all his friends turned on him.