turn out meaning and definition

TURN OUT verb

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 unruly student was excluded from the game"
   • synonyms: boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, turf 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: rotate, splay, spread out
11. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
    • "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
    • synonyms: cut, switch off, turn off
    • antonym: switch 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: arise, get up, rise, uprise
    • antonym: bed