TURN-OUT

Definition: TURN-OUT

TURN-OUT

Noun

1. Net quantity of produce yielded.

2. The aggregate number of persons who have come out, as from their houses, for a special purpose.

3. That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out.

4. A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch.

5. The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "TURN-OUT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Clothing

Outfit, equipment, trousseau; uniform, regimentals; continentals; canonicals; livery, gear, harness, turn-out, accouterment, caparison, suit, rigging, trappings, traps, slops, togs, toggery; day wear, night wear, zoot suit; designer clothes; masquerade.

Vehicle

Equipage, turn-out; coach, chariot, phaeton, break, mail phaeton, wagonette, drag, curricle, tilbury, whisky, landau, barouche, victoria, brougham, clarence, calash, caleche, britzka, araba, kibitka; berlin; sulky, desobligeant, sociable, vis-a-vis, dormeuse; jaunting car, outside car; dandi; doolie, dooly; munchil, palki; roller skates, skate; runabout; ski; tonjon; vettura.

Crosswords: TURN-OUT

Books

• A Smart Turn-out (holiday Cards) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

There was a large community turn-out to show support and appreciation for the restoration. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

University education for doctors is quite good in Argentina and the turn-out, one doctor for every 330 Argentines, is at an acceptable level however poorly distributed amongst the regions and between rural and city hospitals. (references)

Economic History

Colombia

A member of the Conservative Party, Pastrana defeated Liberal Party candidate Horacio Serpa in a run-off election marked by high voter turn-out and little political unrest. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Chinese 

分�"叉. (various references)

Danish

vigested (passing point), vigespor (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place, points, switches), vigeplads (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place), ledegroeft (outlet drain), holdeplads (halt, lay-by, parking zone, stop). (various references)

Dutch

wisselplaats (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place), uitwijkplaats (by-pass lane, lay-by, parking zone, passing bay, passing place, passing point), parkeerinham (lay-by, parking zone), parkeerhaven (lay-by, parking zone), afvoersloot (catchwater drain, cut-off ditch, ditch, drainage ditch, outlet, outlet ditch, outlet drain). (various references)

Finnish

väistöpaikka (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place), sivuutuspaikka (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place), pysäköimisalue (lay-by, parking zone), laskuoja (collecting drain, collector, main drain, outlet drain), kohtaamispaikka (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place). (various references)

French

point d'arrêt, point d'évitement, place de croisement, place d'évitement, garage, fossé de sortie, dégagement, baie d'arrêt, aire d'attente, évitement. (various references)

German

Haltebucht (lay-by, parking zone), Ausweichstelle (passing place), Ausbiegestelle (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place), ablängen (buck, cross cutting, outlet drain, slashing). (various references)

Greek 

σημείο παράκαμψης (passing point), σημείο αποφυγής (passing point), παροχέτευση (cerebrospinal fluid shunting, CSF shunting, outlet drain), λωρίδα στάσης (lay-by, parking zone), θέση παράκαμψης (passing point), διαπλάτυνσις οδού (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place). (various references)

Hungarian

kitérővágány (points, side-track, siding, turnout, turn-out track). (various references)

Italian

punto di scambio (delivery point, passing point, supply terminals, terminal point), piazzuola (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place), piazzola di sosta (lay by, passing place, stopping place), piazzola di rifugio (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place), piazzola di incrocio (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place), piazzola d'arresto (lay-by, parking zone), piazzola (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place), fosso di scarico (outlet drain). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

時化 (poor turn-out, recession, stormy weather). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しけ (poor turn-out, recession, stormy weather). (various references)

Pig Latin

urn-outtay

Portuguese

fosso de escoamento (drain-ditch, sough), acondicionamento (packaging), aglomeração (accumulation, agglomeration, cluster, crush, jam, megalopolis), alargamento da via para facilitar o cruzamento de veículos (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place), assembléia (assemblage, assembly, consistory, convention, convocation, council, diet, meeting, moot, session), comparecimento de pessoas, cruzamento (concourse, criss-cross, cross, crossbreed, crossroad, crossroads, folding, frog, interlacement, lathing, network, turnabout, turning), área de estacionamento (parking lot), equipagem (crew, equipage), zona zebrada (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place), fosso de saída (outlet drain), greve (tie-up), produção (generation, origination, procreation, produce, product, production, productivity, yield), reunião (assemblage, assembly, bee, collection, combination, combine, conclave, conference, congregation, gathering, group, heap, herd, meet, meeting, moot, muster, omnium gatherum, powwow, quakers' meeting, rally, reunion, roll call, session, sitting), séquito (accommodation, accompaniment, cortege, escort, following, retinue, suite, train), saída (blow-off, canal, departure, door, drop-off, egress, escape, escapement, exhaust, exit, exodus, leave, out, outfall, outing, outlet, output, sally, way out), desvio para estacionamento (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place). (various references)

Spanish

zona de parqueo (lay-by, parking zone), zona de parada (berth, lay-by, parking zone), zona de estacionamiento (lay-by, parking zone), punto de apartadero (passing point), parqueo (lay-by, parking zone), parqueadero (lay-by, parking zone), parada (boasting, check, detention, halt, lieu, parade, Parry, pen, pull up, rank, relay, save, stake, stand, standstill, stop, stoping, stoppage, stopping place), dren de desagüe (outlet drain), bahía (bay), apartadero (pull in, rest area, rest stop, sidetrack), área de estacionamiento (lay-by, parking zone). (various references)

Swedish

rastplats (halting place, lay by, rest area, service area), parkeringsplats (car park, lay by, layby, parking lot), mötesplats (close, passing place, rendezvous, tryst, venue), avloppsdike (drainage ditch). (various references)

Vietnamese 

đám đông cuộc đình công. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: outturn, turnout.

-1 letter: outrun, runout.

-2 letters: trout, tutor.

-3 letters: rout, runt, torn, tort, tour, tout, trot, turn, tutu, unto.

-4 letters: nor, not, nut, ort, our, out, rot, run, rut, ton, tor, tot, tun, tut, urn.

-5 letters: no, nu, on, or, to, un, ut.

+1 letter: outburnt, outturns, turnouts.

+2 letters: turnabout, untutored.

+3 letters: nutritious, punctuator, tourniquet, turnabouts.

+4 letters: countersuit, outintrigue, outtrumping, punctuators, tourniquets, unfortunate.

+5 letters: countersuits, nonturbulent, nutritiously, outintrigued, outintrigues, outthrusting, tortuousness, unfortunates, unobstructed.