Definition of 'turn out'

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"
      Synonyms: prove turn up
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?"
      Synonyms: come 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"
      Synonyms: bear
7. put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"
      Synonyms: expel eject chuck out exclude throw out kick out turf out boot out
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"
       Synonyms: splay spread out rotate
11. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
       Synonyms: switch off cut turn off
       Antonyms: switch on turn on
12. get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
       Synonyms: get up arise uprise rise
       Antonyms: go to bed turn in bed crawl in kip down hit the hay hit the sack sack out go to sleep retire go to bed turn in bed crawl in kip down hit the hay hit the sack sack out go to sleep retire

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