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