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Turn Out| Verb | 1. | turn out - 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"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" ensue, result - issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy" | | | 2. | turn out - prove to be in the result or end; "It turns out that he was right" | | | 3. | turn out - produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery; "This factory turns out saws"produce, create, make - create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" | | | 4. | turn out - prove to be in the result or end; "How will the game turn out?"end, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" work out - happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well; "Things worked out in an interesting way"; "Not everything worked out in the end and we were disappointed" | | | 5. | turn out - come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons; "How many people turned out that evening?"appear - come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" | | | 6. | turn out - bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"spin off - produce as a consequence or an unplanned result create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" crop - yield crops; "This land crops well" fruit - bear fruit; "the trees fruited early this year" | | | 7. | turn out - put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"evict, force out - expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months" evict - expel or eject without recourse to legal process; "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m." show the door - ask to leave; "I was shown the door when I asked for a raise" bounce - eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club" dislodge, displace, bump - remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" exorcise, exorcize - expel through adjuration or prayers; "exorcise evil spirits" move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" | | | 8. | turn out - come and gather for a public event; "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York" | | | 9. | turn out - outfit or equip, as with accessories; "The actors were turned out lavishly"equip, fit out, outfit, fit - provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" | | | 10. | turn out - turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" | | | 11. | turn out - cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"kill - cause to cease operating; "kill the engine" flip, switch, throw - cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever" | | | 12. | turn out - get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night" | |
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