Usually means: Activate or start a device.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word turn on:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. turn-on, turn on: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. turn-on, turn on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. turn-on: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. turn-on, turn-on, turn on: Collins English Dictionary
  5. turn-on, turn on: Vocabulary.com
  6. Turn-on, turn-on: Wordnik
  7. turn-on: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. turn-on, turn on: Wiktionary
  9. turn-on: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. turn-on: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. turn-on, turn on: Dictionary.com
  12. Turn-On, Turn On (disambiguation), Turn On, Turn-on, Turn on (The Beat Box), Turn on: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. turn-on, turn on: Rhymezone
  14. turn on: Phrasal Verb Page
  15. turn-on, turn on: Free Dictionary
  16. turn-on, turn on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. turn-on, turn on: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. turn on: Legal dictionary
  2. turn on: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. turn on: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. turn on: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. turn on: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. turn-on: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Turn-On: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See turn_ons as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (turn on)

verb:  (transitive) To set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve.
verb:  (transitive) To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
verb:  (intransitive, of a device) To start operating; to power up, to become on.
verb:  (transitive) To introduce (someone to something), and especially to fill them with enthusiasm (about it); to intoxicate, give pleasure to ( + to an object of interest or excitement).
verb:  (transitive) To sexually arouse.
verb:  (intransitive, slang) To take drugs.
verb:  (transitive, slang) To cause to take up drugs, especially hallucinogens.
verb:  (transitive) To aim at.
verb:  (transitive) To rebel against; to suddenly attack.
verb:  (ditransitive) To cause (someone) to rebel against or suddenly attack (someone else).
verb:  (intransitive) To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject.

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