turn outverb

• 1

  To end up; to result.

  • I had hoped our first meeting would turn out better.
  • The truth turned out to be more depressing than we thought.
• 2

  To succeed; work out; turn out well.

  • I'm afraid the cake didn't turn out.
  • Starting a new story, I hope it turns out.
• 3

  To attend; show up.

  • Hundreds of people turned out to see the parade.
  • The train is usually crowded and half the township of Forres seems to turn out to watch it go off.
• 4

  datedTo go out; to leave one's home.

  • But then one of Mr. Knott's men would have had to put on his coat and hat and turn out, as likely as not in the pitch dark, and in torrents of rain in all probability, and grope his way in the dark in the pours of rain, with the pot of food in his hand, a wretched and ridiculous figure, to where the dog lay.
• 5

  To extinguish a light or other device.

  • Turn out the lights before you leave.
  • The day grew strong, and showed itself outside, even against the flaming lights within. The lights were turned out, and the work went on.
• 6

  To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out

  • It turns out that he just made a lucky guess.
  • As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
• 7

  To produce; make.

  • The bakery turns out three hundred pies each day.
  • This new locomotive was turned out of Doncaster works in May, 1934, to a mighty fanfare of trumpets.
• 8

  To leave a road.

  • Turn out at the third driveway.