turn out

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verb

1. be shown or be found to be (Freq. 32)
- She proved to be right
- The medicine turned out to save her life
- She turned up HIV positive
• Syn:
prove, turn up
• Hypernyms:
be
• Hyponyms:
result, ensue
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s Adjective/Noun
- Somebody ----s Adjective
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- It ----s that CLAUSE
2. prove to be in the result or end (Freq. 10)
- It turns out that he was right
• Hypernyms:
happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur,
pass, fall out, come about, take place
• Verb Frames:
- It ----s that CLAUSE
3. produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery (Freq. 10)
- This factory turns out saws
• Derivationally related forms:
turnout
• Hypernyms:
produce, make, create
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. result or end (Freq. 6)
- How will the game turn out?
• Syn:
come out
• Hypernyms:
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
• Hyponyms:
eventuate, work out
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
5. come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons (Freq. 2)
- How many people turned out that evening?
• Hypernyms:
appear
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
6. bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year" (Freq. 1)
- The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers
• Syn:
bear
• See Also:
bear out (for: bear)
• Hypernyms:
make, create
• Hyponyms:
spin off, seed, crop, overbear, fruit
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
7. put out or expel from a place (Freq. 1)
- The unruly student was excluded from the game
• Syn:
eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out
• Derivationally related forms:
exclusion (for: exclude), ejection (for: eject), ejector (for: eject)
• Hypernyms:
expel, throw out, kick out
• Hyponyms:
evict, force out, show the door, bounce, exorcise, exorcize
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
8. come and gather for a public event
- Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York
• Derivationally related forms:
turnout
• Hypernyms:
meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
9. outfit or equip, as with accessories
- The actors were turned out lavishly
• Derivationally related forms:
turnout
• Hypernyms:
equip, fit, fit out, outfit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
10. turn outward
- These birds can splay out their toes
- ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees
• Syn:
splay, spread out, rotate
• Derivationally related forms:
turnout
• Hypernyms:
turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
11. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- Turn off the stereo, please
- cut the engine
- turn out the lights
• Syn:
switch off, cut, turn off
• Ant:
switch on (for: switch off)
• Hypernyms:
throw, flip, switch
• Hyponyms:
kill
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
12. get up and out of bed
- I get up at 7 A.M. every day
- They rose early
- He uprose at night
• Syn:
get up, arise, uprise, rise
• Ant:
turn in, go to bed (for: get up)
• Derivationally related forms:
rise (for: rise), riser (for: rise)
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Sam and Sue turn out