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[ verb ] be shown or be found to be

Synonyms

prove turn_up

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 .

Related terms

be result

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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

anticipate happen

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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 .

Related terms

produce output

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[ verb ] prove to be in the result or end

Synonyms

come_out

Examples

"How will the game turn out?"

Used in print

(Raymond J. Corsini et al., Roleplaying in Business...)

However , he turned_out to be a complete failure in his new position .

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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

appear

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[ verb ] bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"

Synonyms

bear

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 ] outfit or equip, as with accessories

Examples

"The actors were turned out lavishly"

Related terms

equip outfit

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[ verb ] cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

Examples

"Turn off the stereo, please" "cut the engine" "turn out the lights"

Related terms

switch_on throw kill

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[ verb ] come and gather for a public event

Examples

"Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York"

Related terms

meet turnout

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[ verb ] turn outward

Examples

"These birds can splay out their toes" "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"

Related terms

turn turnout

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[ verb ] get up and out of bed

Synonyms

get_up rise uprise arise

Examples

"I get up at 7 A.M. every day" "They rose early" "He uprose at night"

Related terms

go_to_bed go_to_bed rise riser

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