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Princeton's WordNet

  1. prove, turn out, turn upverb

    be shown or be found to be

    "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"

  2. turn outverb

    prove to be in the result or end

    "It turns out that he was right"

  3. turn outverb

    produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery

    "This factory turns out saws"

  4. turn out, come outverb

    result or end

    "How will the game turn out?"

  5. turn outverb

    come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons

    "How many people turned out that evening?"

  6. bear, turn outverb

    bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"

    "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"

  7. eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn outverb

    put out or expel from a place

    "The unruly student was excluded from the game"

  8. turn outverb

    come and gather for a public event

    "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York"

  9. turn outverb

    outfit or equip, as with accessories

    "The actors were turned out lavishly"

  10. turn out, splay, spread out, rotateverb

    turn outward

    "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"

  11. switch off, cut, turn off, turn outverb

    cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

    "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"

  12. get up, turn out, arise, uprise, riseverb

    get up and out of bed

    "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"

Wiktionary

  1. turn outverb

    To result; end up.

  2. turn outverb

    To attend; show up.

  3. turn outverb

    To extinguish a light or other device

  4. turn outverb

    To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out

  5. turn outverb

    To produce; make.

  6. turn outverb

    To leave a road.

  7. turn outverb

    To remove from a mould, bowl etc.

  8. turn outverb

    To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict.

ChatGPT

  1. turn out

    "Turn out" is a phrasal verb that typically refers to the way a situation or event eventually becomes or ends, especially something that does not happen as planned or expected. It can also mean how many people attend or participate in an event, or physically arranging something outward. The definition may change depending on the context.

Anagrams for turn out »

  1. outturn

  2. out-turn

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn out in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of turn out in a Sentence

  1. Dave Carney:

    We're just running at full throttle to try to jack turnout on March 1. It's very simple. There's no trickery or' strategery' or bank shots. It's just straight up turn out Out The Vote.

  2. Steven Zeitchick:

    It's possible 'Go Set a Watchman' will turn out to be a great work of literature, but it will have some awfully stiff competition. Few books can outdo the one we've written in our minds.

  3. Barack Obama:

    The good news, despite the fact that obviously the midterm elections did not turn out exactly as I had hoped, is that there remains enormous areas of potential bipartisan action and progress.

  4. Amos Harel:

    We hope things will turn out for the best.

  5. Howard H. Aiken:

    If it should turn out that the basic logics of a machine designed for the numerical solution of differential equations coincide with the logics of a machine intended to make bills for a department store, I would regard this as the most amazing coincidence I have ever encountered.


Translations for turn out

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  • resultarCatalan, Valencian
  • resultar, asistir, desmoldar, apagar, hacer, producirSpanish
  • با کلید خاموش کردنPersian
  • ilmaantua, käydä ilmi, tuottaa, häätää, valmistaa, osoittautua, päättyä, sammuttaaFinnish
  • démouler, s'avérerFrench
  • kitessékel, alakul, kiderül, kidob, lekapcsol, előállít, lefordul, kifordít, végződikHungarian
  • opdagen, produceren, makenDutch
  • посещать, присутствовать, выпускать, оказыватьсяRussian
  • slänga ut, dyka upp, släcka, producera, visa sig, ge resultat, svänga av, göra, stänga av, visa utSwedish
  • clôre, distindeWalloon

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