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turn out
verb
1. be shown or be found to be (Freq. 32)
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She proved to be right

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The medicine turned out to save her life

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She turned up HIV positive

Syn: ↑prove, ↑turn up
Hypernyms: ↑be
Hyponyms: ↑result, ↑ensue
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s Adjective/Noun

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Somebody ——s Adjective

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Somebody ——s to INFINITIVE

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It ——s that CLAUSE

2. prove to be in the result or end (Freq. 10)
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It turns out that he was right

Hypernyms:
happen, ↑hap, ↑go on, ↑pass off, ↑occur, ↑pass, ↑fall out, ↑come about, ↑take place
Verb Frames:
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It ——s that CLAUSE

3. produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery (Freq. 10)
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This factory turns out saws

Derivationally related forms: ↑turnout
Hypernyms: ↑produce, ↑make, ↑create
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

4. result or end (Freq. 6)
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How will the game turn out?

Syn: ↑come out
Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑stop, ↑finish, ↑terminate, ↑cease
Hyponyms: ↑eventuate, ↑work out
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

5. come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons (Freq. 2)
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How many people turned out that evening?

Hypernyms: ↑appear
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

6. bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year" (Freq. 1)
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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:
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Something ——s something

7. put out or expel from a place (Freq. 1)
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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:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody PP

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Somebody ——s something PP

8. come and gather for a public event
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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:
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Somebody ——s

9. outfit or equip, as with accessories
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The actors were turned out lavishly

Derivationally related forms: ↑turnout
Hypernyms: ↑equip, ↑fit, ↑fit out, ↑outfit
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

10. turn outward
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These birds can splay out their toes

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ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees

Syn: ↑splay, ↑spread out, ↑rotate
Derivationally related forms: ↑turnout
Hypernyms: ↑turn
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

11. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
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Turn off the stereo, please

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cut the engine

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turn out the lights

Syn: ↑switch off, ↑cut, ↑turn off
Ant: ↑switch on (for: ↑switch off)
Hypernyms: ↑throw, ↑flip, ↑switch
Hyponyms: ↑kill
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

12. get up and out of bed
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I get up at 7 A.M. every day

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They rose early

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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:
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Somebody ——s

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Sam and Sue turn out


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