Definitions for turn out

Definitions for (verb) turn out

Main entry: get up, uprise, rise, arise, turn out

Definition: get up and out of bed

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


Main entry: turn out

Definition: come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons

Usage: How many people turned out that evening?


Main entry: exclude, boot out, chuck out, eject, turf out, turn out

Definition: put out or expel from a place

Usage: The unruly student was excluded from the game


Main entry: turn off, turn out, switch off, cut

Definition: cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

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


Main entry: turn out

Definition: produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery

Usage: This factory turns out saws


Main entry: bear, turn out

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

Usage: The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers


Main entry: rotate, splay, spread out, turn out

Definition: turn outward

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


Main entry: turn out

Definition: outfit or equip, as with accessories

Usage: The actors were turned out lavishly


Main entry: turn out

Definition: come and gather for a public event

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


Main entry: come out, turn out

Definition: result or end

Usage: How will the game turn out?


Main entry: turn out, turn up, prove

Definition: be shown or be found to be

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


Main entry: turn out

Definition: prove to be in the result or end

Usage: It turns out that he was right


Visual thesaurus for turn out