turn-out

Verbs

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

Synonyms

prove turn up come out bear eject turf out boot out chuck out exclude splay rotate spread out switch off turn off cut get up arise uprise rise

Antonyms

switch on turn on crawl in go to bed go to sleep hit the hay hit the sack kip down sack out turn in bed retire

See also

bear out underpin corroborate support

Words of close approximity

turn on turn-on
turn off