Meaning

10 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of coming forth.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The number or proportion of people who attend or participate in an event (especially an election) or are present at a venue.

    Teilnehmerzahl, Besucherzahl, Besucheraufkommen

    я́вкаjávka

    я́вкаjávka

  3. (US, countable, uncountable)A place to pull off a road.

    When towing a trailer, use the turnouts to let faster traffic pass.

  4. (US, countable, uncountable)A place where moveable rails allow a train to switch tracks; a set of points.

  5. (countable, dated, uncountable)A quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike.

  6. (countable, dated, uncountable)A striker.

  7. (countable, uncountable)That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage.

    A man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turnout.

  8. (countable, uncountable)Net quantity of produce yielded.

  9. (countable, uncountable)The act of putting out to pasture.

    Duties include feeding and turnout of horses.

  10. (countable, uncountable)Rotation of the leg at the hips which causes the feet and knees to turn outward, away from the front of the body.

    (ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip

Examples

15 sentences
  1. The turnout exceeded expectations.

    Явка перевищила очікування. — deniko

  2. We're very pleased with the turnout.

  3. We're very happy with the turnout.

  4. What a crowd; what a turnout.

  5. There was a high turnout to the election.

    ruНа выборах была высокая явка. — Wezel

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
number of people who attend or participate in an event:
Русский
By meaning 1
number of people who attend or participate in an event:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
number of people who attend or participate in an event:

Origin

Deverbal from turn out.

Deverbal from turn out.

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Forms

plural: turnouts

Synonyms

10 synonyms
roadside area:lay-by
Close in meaning
  • a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park:widening
  • what is produced in a given time period:outputoutturn
  • a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass:sidingrailroad sidingsidetrack
  • a set of clothing (with accessories):outfitgetuprig

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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