Meaning

8 senses
  1. (copulative, intransitive)To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly.

    Is this your t-shirt that turned up in my drawer?

    I don't like people turning up without an appointment.

  2. (transitive)To cause to appear; to find by searching, etc.

    I spent hours in the archives, but couldn't turn up anything on the alleged criminal.

    aufkreuzen, auftauchen

    объявлятьсяobʺjavljatʹsja, находи́тьсяnaxodítʹsja

    discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

  3. (transitive)To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.

    Turn up the radio and sing along.

    aufdrehen

    де́лать громчеdélatʹ, вышеvyše

  4. (transitive)To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc., upwards.

    He turned up his collar against the cold.

    hochschlagen, hochklappen, aufstellen

    поднима́тьpodnimátʹ

  5. (transitive)To belay or make fast (a line on a cleat or pin).

    Turn up the main halyard.

    belegen, festmachen

  6. (intransitive, slang)To party hard, especially when involving alcohol or drugs.

    We're going to turn up at the concert tonight.

  7. (UK, slang, transitive)To sicken.

  8. (UK, obsolete, slang, transitive)To acquit.

Examples

227 sentences
  1. Turn the radio up a little.

    Зроби радіо трохи гучніше. — deniko

    ruСделай радио чуть громче. — al_ex_an_der

    deMach das Radio ein bisschen lauter. — kolonjano

  2. He didn't turn up after all.

    Зрештою, він так і не з'явився. — aandrusiak

    ruВ итоге он не появился. — marafon

  3. We waited for Tom to turn up.

    Ми чекали на прихід Тома. — deniko

  4. I'm not sure when Tom will turn up.

    Я не впевнений, коли з'явиться Том. — deniko

    deIch bin nicht sicher, wann Tom auftauchen wird. — Manfredo

  5. How many people do you think will turn up?

    Як ти думаєш, скільки людей прийде? — deniko

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to appear unexpectedly:
increase volume etc.:
reposition:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to appear unexpectedly:
increase volume etc.:
reposition:
belay (nautical):

Forms

turns up, turning up, turned up, turned up
Base formturn up · to turn up
3rd person singularturns up
Present participleturning up
Past simpleturned up
Past participleturned up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyturn up
he, she, itturns up

Past simpleLesson

all personsturned up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave turned up
he, she, ithas turned up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill turn up

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
increase:turn down

Word family

2 related words
Relatedturnup
Derivedturnt up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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