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Turn out has 13 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

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"

2

prove to be in the result or end

"It turns out that he was right"

3

produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery

"This factory turns out saws"

4

result or end

"How will the game turn out?"

5

come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons

"How many people turned out that evening?"

6

bring forth

"The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"

"The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"

7

put out or expel from a place

"The unruly student was excluded from the game"

8

come and gather for a public event

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

9

outfit or equip, as with accessories

"The actors were turned out lavishly"

10

turn outward

"These birds can splay out their toes"

"ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"

11

cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

"Turn off the stereo, please"

"cut the engine"

"turn out the lights"

12

get up and out of bed

"I get up at 7 A.M. every day"

"They rose early"

"He uprose at night"

13

To end up; to result.

Example Sentences
"She proved to be right" verb
"The medicine turned out to save her life" verb
"She turned up HIV positive" verb
"It turns out that he was right" verb
"This factory turns out saws" verb
"How will the game turn out?" verb
"How many people turned out that evening?" verb
"The apple tree bore delicious apples this year" verb
"The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers" verb
"The unruly student was excluded from the game" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
turn on turn in bed
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
be happen produce end appear make expel meet equip turn throw
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
result eventuate work out spin off seed crop overbear fruit evict show the door bounce exorcise kill
Rhyming Words
out tout yout hout gout pout aout dout lout bout kout rout fout scout grout smout chout plout x out trout
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