turn out

/tərn aʊt/

/tən aʊt/

Other forms: turned out; turns out; turning out

Definitions of turn out

1. verb

   be shown or be found to be
   “The medicine turned out to save her life”

   synonyms: prove, turn up

   types:

   ensue, result

   issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end

   come

   happen as a result

   be due, flow from

   be the result of

   fall out, follow

   come as a logical consequence; follow logically

   come after, follow

   come after in time, as a result

   type of:

   be

   have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
2. verb

   result or end
   “How will the game turn out?”

   synonyms: come out

   types:

   eventuate

   come out in the end

   work out

   happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well

   type of:

   cease, end, finish, stop, terminate

   have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
3. verb

   prove to be in the result or end
   “It turns out that he was right”

   type of:

   come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place

   come to pass
4. verb

   bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"
   synonyms: bear

   types:

   spin off

   produce as a consequence of something larger

   seed

   bear seeds

   crop

   yield crops

   overbear

   bear too much

   fruit

   bear fruit

   type of:

   create, make

   make or cause to be or to become
5. verb

   produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery
   “This factory turns out saws”

   type of:

   create, make, produce

   create or manufacture a man-made product
6. verb

   come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons
   “How many people turned out that evening?”

   type of:

   appear

   come into sight or view
7. verb

   come and gather for a public event
   “Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York”

   type of:

   assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet

   collect in one place
8. verb

   get up and out of bed
   synonyms: arise, get up, rise, uprise

   antonyms:

   turn in

   prepare for sleep
9. verb

   put out or expel from a place
   synonyms: boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, turf out

   types:

   evict, force out

   expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process

   evict

   expel or eject without recourse to legal process

   show the door

   ask to leave

   bounce

   eject from the premises

   exorcise, exorcize

   expel through adjuration or prayers

   type of:

   expel, kick out, throw out

   force to leave or move out
10. verb

    outfit or equip, as with accessories
    “The actors were turned out lavishly”

    type of:

    equip, fit, fit out, outfit

    provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
11. verb

    turn outward
    synonyms: rotate, splay, spread out

    type of:

    turn

    change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
12. verb

    cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
    “turn out the lights”

    synonyms: cut, switch off, turn off

    types:

    kill

    cause to cease operating

    type of:

    flip, switch, throw

    cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation