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turn out in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. get up and out of bed
    "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
    get up  turn out  arise  uprise  rise 
  2. bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"
    "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"
    bear  turn out 
  3. put out or expel from a place
    "The unruly student was excluded from the game"
    eject  chuck out  exclude  turf out  boot out  turn out 
  4. result or end
    "How will the game turn out?"
    turn out  come out 
  5. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
    "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
    switch off  cut  turn off  turn out 
  6. 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 out  turn up 
  7. turn outward
    "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
    turn out  splay  spread out  rotate 
  8. come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons
    "How many people turned out that evening?"
    turn out 
  9. produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery
    "This factory turns out saws"
    turn out 
  10. outfit or equip, as with accessories
    "The actors were turned out lavishly"
    turn out 
  11. come and gather for a public event
    "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York"
    turn out 
  12. prove to be in the result or end
    "It turns out that he was right"
    turn out 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


turn out in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) (idiom) To result; end up.
  2. (verb) (idiom) to attend; show up
  3. (verb) (idiom)to extinguish a light or other device
  4. (verb) (idiom) To become apparent or known, especially "(as) it turns out"
  5. (verb) (idiom) To produce; make.
  6. (verb) To leave a road.
  7. (verb) To turn or rotate outwards or out of something.
  8. (verb) (idiom) To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict.
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