turn out

1. 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”

   Synonymsproveturn up

   Broaderbe

   Narrowerresult
2. 2.

   prove to be in the result or end

   “It turns out that he was right”

   Broaderhappen
3. 3.

   produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery

   “This factory turns out saws”

   Broaderproduce
4. 4.

   result or end

   “How will the game turn out?”

   Synonymscome out

   Broaderend

   Narrowereventuatework out
5. 5.

   come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons

   “How many people turned out that evening?”

   Broaderappear
6. 6.

   bring forth

   “The apple tree bore delicious apples this year”

   “The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers”

   Synonymsbear

   Broadermake

   Narrowerspin offseedcropoverbearfruit
7. 7.

   put out or expel from a place

   “The unruly student was excluded from the game”

   Synonymsejectchuck outexcludeturf outboot out

   Broaderexpel

   Narrowerevictshow the doorbounceexorcise
8. 8.

   come and gather for a public event

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

   Broadermeet
9. 9.

   outfit or equip, as with accessories

   “The actors were turned out lavishly”

   Broaderequip
10. 10.

    turn outward

    “These birds can splay out their toes”

    “ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees”

    Synonymssplayspread outrotate

    Broaderturn
11. 11.

    cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

    “Turn off the stereo, please”

    “cut the engine”

    “turn out the lights”

    Synonymsswitch offcutturn off

    Broaderthrow

    Narrowerkill
12. 12.

    get up and out of bed

    “I get up at 7 A.M. every day”

    “They rose early”

    “He uprose at night”

    Synonymsget upariseupriserise

    Antonymsturn in

Questions about turn out

What does turn out mean?

turn out means "be shown or be found to be". That is the primary sense; the word has 12 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for turn out?

Close synonyms include prove, turn up, come out, bear, eject. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of turn out?

The recorded antonyms are turn in.

Is turn out a common word?

turn out is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.