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Definition: turn out
turn out
v 1: 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” [syn:
prove,
turn up]
2: prove to be in the result or end;
“It turns out that he was
right”
3: produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery;
“This
factory turns out saws”
4: prove to be in the result or end;
“How will the game turn
out?” [syn:
come out]
5: come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons;
“How
many people turned out that evening?”
6: bring forth,
“The apple tree bore delicious apples this
year”;
“The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers”
[syn:
bear]
7: put out or expel from a place;
“The child was expelled from
the classroom” [syn:
expel,
eject,
chuck out,
exclude,
throw out,
kick out,
turf out,
boot out]
8: come and gather for a public event;
“Hundreds of thousands
turned out for the anti-war rally in New York”
9: outfit or equip, as with accessories;
“The actors were
turned out lavishly”
10: turn outward;
“These birds can splay out their toes”;
“ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees”
[syn:
splay,
spread out,
rotate]
11: cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch;
“Turn off
the stereo, please”;
“cut the engine”;
“turn out the
lights” [syn:
switch off,
cut,
turn off] [ant:
switch on
]
12: get up and out of bed;
“I get up at 7 A.M. every day”;
“They
rose early”;
“He uprose at night” [syn:
get up,
arise,
uprise,
rise] [ant:
go to bed,
go to bed]