turn(someone/something)intosomeone/something
phrasal verbwithturnverbuk/tɜːn/us/tɝːn/
B1
tochangeandbecomesomeone or something different, or to make someone or something do this:
Thecouncilwashopingtoturna children'shomeinto aresidenceforadolescentgirls.
Thetownturnedfromasmallseasideresortinto amajorcommercialcentrewhenoilwasdiscovered.
to make different
- changeShe'll always be like that - you can't change her.
- alterWe've had to alter our plans.
- varyTry to vary the children's diet a little.
- convertWe're going to convert the spare bedroom into an office.
- turn intoThere are plans to turn his latest book into a film.
- transformThe riverside area has been transformed into a shopping and sports complex.
- It would need more than a fewexercisestoturna seven-stoneweaklinginto aheavyweightboxer.
- Shemanagestoturnthe mostordinaryofingredientsinto the mostdeliciousofdishes.
- Thewitchput amagicspellon theprinceandturnedhim into afrog.
- The Incredible Hulk is acharacterin acomicwhoturnsfrom ascientistinto a two-metretallmonster.
- Thebeeturnsnectarintohoney.
Changing
- about-face
- about-turn
- alterable
- altered
- alternate
- commute
- drip
- modulate
- modulation
- move on
- move the goalpostsidiom
- move with the timesidiom
- pivot
- rewrite
- sanitization
- shakesomeoneout ofsomething
- shakesomeoneup
- stead
- steepness
- sway