1. Attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in an election)
   "the turnout for the rally"
    
2. The group that gathers together for a particular occasion
   "a large turnout for the meeting"
    
3. [N. Amer] A part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park
   "They pulled into the turnout to admire the scenic view";
   - widening
    
4. [N. Amer] Designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily
   "They used the turnout to check their map";
   - pull-off, rest area [N. Amer], rest stop, layby [Brit], lay-by [Brit]
    
5. [N. Amer] A short stretch of railway track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
   "The freight train pulled into the railway turnout to let the passenger train pass";
   - siding, railroad siding [N. Amer], sidetrack, railway siding [Brit, Cdn]
    
6. What is produced in a given time period
   "The factory's monthly turnout exceeded expectations";
   - output, outturn
    
7. A set of clothing (with accessories)
   "his turnout was exceedingly elegant";
   - outfit, getup [informal], rig
    
8. (ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip
   "The ballerina's perfect turnout impressed the audience"

1. Be shown or be found to be
   "The medicine turned out to save her life";
   - prove, turn up
    
2. Prove to be in the result or end
   "It turns out that he was right"
    
3. Result or end
   "How will the game turn out?";
   - come out
    
4. Produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery
   "This factory turns out saws"
    
5. Bring forth
   "The apple tree turned out delicious apples this year";
   - bear
    
6. Come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons
   "How many people turned out that evening?"
    
7. Come and gather for a public event
   "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York"
    
8. Put out or expel from a place
   "The landlord turned out the tenants who hadn't paid rent";
   - eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out [Brit, informal], boot out [informal]
    
9. Outfit or equip, as with accessories
   "The actors were turned out lavishly"
    
10. Move or position outward from a central point or axis
    "The dancers turned out in perfect synchronization";
    - splay, spread out, rotate
     
11. Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
    "turn out the lights";
    - switch off, cut, turn off
     
12. Get up and out of bed
    "I turn out at 7 A.M. every day";
    - get up, arise, uprise [archaic, literary], rise

Derived forms: turnouts, turns out, turning out, turned out

Type of: appear, area, assemblage, assemble, attendance, attending, attire, be, cease, come about, create, dress, end, equip, exit, expel, fall out, finish, fit, fit out, flip, foregather [formal], forgather, garb, gather, gathering, get out, go on, go out, hap [archaic], happen, kick out [informal], leave, make, meet, occur, outfit, part, pass, pass off, portion, produce, product, production, railroad [N. Amer], railroad track [N. Amer], railway [Brit, Cdn], railway track [Brit, Cdn], rotary motion, rotation, stop, switch, take place, terminate, throw, throw out, turn

Antonym: bed

Part of: road, route

Encyclopedia: Turnout