turn·out
ˈtərn-ˌau̇t 
1
: the number of people who participate in or attend an event
a heavy voter turnout
2
a
: a place where something (such as a road) turns out or branches off
b
: a space adjacent to a highway in which vehicles may park or pull into to enable others to pass
c
: a railroad siding
3
: an act of turning out
4
5
: a clearing out and cleaning
6
7
: net quantity of produce yielded
turned out; turning out; turns out
1
a
: to come or go out from home in or as if in answer to a summons
voters turned out in droves
b
: to get out of bed
2
a
: to prove to be in the result or end
the play turned out to be a flop
it turned out that we were both wrong
b
: to become in maturity
nobody thought he'd turn out like this
c
: end
stories that turn out happily
1
: to put out by or as if by turning a switch
turn out the lights
2
: to produce often rapidly or regularly by or as if by machine
a writer turning out stories
3
a
: to turn inside out
turning out his pockets
b
: to empty the contents of especially for cleaning or rearranging
also
: clean
5
: to equip, dress, or finish in a careful or elaborate way
6
: to call (a guard, a company, etc.) out from rest or shelter and into formation
Examples of turnout in a Sentence
Noun
The opening game of the season brought only a small turnout.
a 50 percent voter turnout
Verb
we turn out early on workdays
it's our practice to turn out the room after guests stay over
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Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Dan Gates, who led the opposition to Prop 127 as the executive director of Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management, also thinks that the controversial passage of Prop 114 helped increase voter turnout this election season.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
But that isn’t to say jolting awake shortly after turning out the lights is cause to schedule an MRI scan.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The recurring dispute over how well exit polling captures Latino voters — the groups and pollsters have raised it in previous elections — has ramifications for nonprofit groups that have focused on improving Latino voter turnout.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Dan Gates, who led the opposition to Prop 127 as the executive director of Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management, also thinks that the controversial passage of Prop 114 helped increase voter turnout this election season.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
In the stadium, just a trickle of fans turned out for the match, which ended in a 0-0 draw after 90 minutes.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
But that isn’t to say jolting awake shortly after turning out the lights is cause to schedule an MRI scan.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Turnout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turnout. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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turnout
1 of 2 noun
turn·out
ˈtər-ˌnau̇t
: the number of people who attend or who do something (as vote)
a good turnout at the meeting
expected a light voter turnout
turn out
2 of 2 verbˌtər-ˈnau̇t,
ˈtər-
1
: to put or empty out of a container
2
: to make by or as if by machine
the factory turns out automobiles
turns out a new story every month
3
: turn off sense 2
who turned out the light?
4
: to come or go out from home
thousands turned out to see them
5
: to prove to be
it turned out to be only the cat
of course, I turned out to be right
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