turn-out
Verbs
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(v) 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
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(v) prove to be in the result or end
- It turns out that he was right
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(v) produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery
- This factory turns out saws
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(v) result or end
- How will the game turn out?
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(v) come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons
- How many people turned out that evening?
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(v) bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"
- The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers
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(v) put out or expel from a place
- The unruly student was excluded from the game
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(v) come and gather for a public event
- Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York
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(v) outfit or equip, as with accessories
- The actors were turned out lavishly
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(v) turn outward
- These birds can splay out their toes
- ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
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(v) cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- Turn off the stereo, please
- cut the engine
- turn out the lights
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(v) get up and out of bed
- I get up at 7 A.M. every day
- They rose early
- He uprose at night