VERB
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cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
turn out the lights
Turn off the stereo, please
cut the engine -
result or end
How will the game turn out? -
come and gather for a public event
Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York -
bring forth
The apple tree bore delicious apples this year
The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers -
prove to be in the result or end
It turns out that he was right -
produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery
This factory turns out saws -
get up and out of bed
I get up at 7 A.M. every day
He uprose at night
They rose early -
come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons
How many people turned out that evening? -
outfit or equip, as with accessories
The actors were turned out lavishly -
be shown or be found to be
She turned up HIV positive
She proved to be right
The medicine turned out to save her life -
turn outward
These birds can splay out their toes
ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees -
put out or expel from a place
The unruly student was excluded from the game
How To Use turn out In A Sentence
- Turn out the lot and the wellrotted stuff at the base can be put on unplanted soil. The Sun
- One of you may turn out to be a bit of a caner. The Sun
- As you start your married life together hand in hand, may all the things you're hoping for turn out the way you've planned.
- We will pay you a suitable, er, emolument as the finder and introducer of this piece if it does turn out to be genuine and we buy it? GOTHIC PURSUIT
- I'm still unsure about this one; it could turn out really cool, or an absolute disaster ... my main motivation is that i don't wanna spend money on a haircut. decisions, decisions purchase any of the following: Kindle, iPod Touch, or MacBook Archive 2009-02-01
- Dually, other irrelevant entailments are those that turn out to be valid just because the consequent is a necessary truth Impossible Worlds
- The policeman made him turn out his pockets.
- Gil probably should have thought about that and realized that a street address with the word rattlesnake in it was most likely a bad omen—that things probably wouldn’t turn out well if they tried living there. Fatal Error
- Indigenisation is good, but too often missionaries, in their desire to indigenise the newly-planted churches, rush into appointing men who turn out to be unsuitable.
- If the color you purchased doesn't turn out the way you intended, it's imperative that you consult an experienced colorist in order to get it retouched.
