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[ verb ] be shown or be found to be
Examples "She proved to be right" "The medicine turned out to save her life" "She turend up HIV positive" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)Though it was a great relief when the big brains on these shows turned_out to be frauds and phonies , it did irreparable damage to the ego of the editor and many_another intelligent , well-informed American . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)By trying to be both a serious survey of a bygone era and a showcase for today 's artists , the program turned_out to be a not quite perfect example of either . (The Providence Journal...)This is when his troubles begin , not_to_mention a fledgling artist who he hires , and who turns_out to have ideas of his own , with particular respect_to the hero 's sweetheart secretary . (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)As it turned_out , a very hot region occurred on the plug . (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)But by the tracing procedure , he could , in a strange obviously kinesthetic manner , find the unseen form ; could piece , as_it_were , the jumbled mass together into an organized whole and_then recognize it as a man or a triangle or whatever it turned_out to be . |
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[ verb ] prove to be in the result or end
Examples "It turns out that he was right" Used in print (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)For it had turned_out , by a further paradox of Cubism , that the means to an illusion of depth and plasticity had now become widely divergent from the means of representation or imaging . Related terms |
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[ verb ] produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery
Examples "This factory turns out saws" Used in print (Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)When he was fifteen John_H._Mercer turned_out his first song , a jazzy little thing he called `` Sister_Susie , Strut_Your_Stuff '' . Though versatile and capable of turning_out a ballad lyric with the best of them , Mercer 's forte is a highly polished quasi folk wit . |
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[ verb ] come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons
Examples "How many people turned out that evening?" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans],...)In the early spring of 1913 a_few hundred_thousand persons turned_out to watch 5000 women parade . (The Atlanta Constitution...)One of the largest crowds in the club 's history turned_out to pay tribute to Mrs._Self and her service . Related terms |
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[ verb ] bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"
Synonyms Examples "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)Though no_longer able to turn_out his protoplasmic pen-and-ink sketches ( several old favorites are scattered through the present volume ) Thurber has retained unimpaired his vision of humor as a thing of simple , unaffected humanness . |
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[ verb ] put out or expel from a place
Examples "The child was expelled from the classroom" Used in print (R. Leslie Gourse, With Gall and Honey....)You had to have convictions to lie_down in the road in_all those clothes and appear as though you might wish to turn yourself out of your own home . |
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[ verb ] turn outward
Synonyms Examples "These birds can splay out their toes" "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees" |
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