Turnout (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the gathering of persons who come to an exhibition, party, spectacle, or the like: They had a large turnout at the meeting.
  2. quantity of production; output.
  3. an act of turning out.
  4. the manner or style in which a person or thing is equipped, dressed, etc.
  5. equipment; outfit.
  6. a short side track, space, spur, etc., that enables trains, automobiles, etc., to pass one another or park.
  7. the turning out of the legs from the hips, with the feet back to back or heel to heel.
  8. a track structure composed of a switch, a frog, and closure rails, permitting a train to leave a given track for a branching or parallel track.
verb (adverb)
  1. to cause (something, esp a light) to cease operating by or as if by turning a knob, etc
  2. to produce by an effort or process
  3. to dismiss, discharge, or expel
  4. to empty the contents of, esp in order to clean, tidy, or rearrange
  5. (copula)
    • to prove to be
    • to end up; result
  6. to fit as with clothes
  7. to assemble or gather
  8. (of a soldier) to parade or to call (a soldier) to parade
  9. to get out of bed
  10. to make an appearance, esp in a sporting competition
noun turnout
  1. the body of people appearing together at a gathering
  2. the quantity or amount produced
  3. an array of clothing or equipment
  4. the manner in which a person or thing is arrayed or equipped
Turnout (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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