turn out

Meaning

1. (copulative, idiomatic, intransitive) To end up; to result.
2. (intransitive) To succeed; work out; turn out well.
3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To attend; show up.
4. (dated, intransitive) To go out; to leave one's home.
5. (idiomatic, transitive) To extinguish a light or other device.
6. (idiomatic, intransitive) To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out
7. (idiomatic, transitive) To produce; make.
8. (intransitive) To leave a road.
9. (transitive) To remove from a mould, bowl etc.
10. (transitive) To empty for inspection.
11. (idiomatic, transitive) To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict.
12. (slang, transitive) To convince a person (usually a woman) to become a prostitute.
13. (slang, transitive) To rape; to coerce an otherwise heterosexual individual into performing a homosexual role.
14. (transitive) To put (cattle) out to pasture.
15. (transitive) To convince to vote
16. (intransitive) To leave one's work to take part in a strike.
17. (colloquial, intransitive) To get out of bed; get up.

Synonyms

prove

put out

eject

come out

appear

drive out

produce

drive away

cut

emerge

arise

switch off

turn off

manufacture

make

get up

expel

rise

turn up

rotate

happen

uprise

chuck out

bear

🐻

boot out

splay

spread out

turf out

stay

drive off

extract

extinguish

result

show

bring out

throw out

end

🔚

exclude

fall out

turn

turn inside out

become clear

evict

cast out

clear up

send away

create

congregate

convene

cook up

crowd

cut off

cycle

dampen

delay

derive

detain

develop

discontinue

dismiss

dissipate

dissolve

distort

do

douse

draw up

dress

👗

efface

elaborate

enter

equip

erase

eventuate

evident

explode

fare

fetch

finish

fit

fit out

fix

flag down

fling out

force out

foregather

forgather

gather

gear up

generate

get

get in

get rid of

get together

give

go

go around

go into

groom

halt

head off

hold up

hunt

intercept

invest

issue

itinerate

kick

kick out

kill

🔪🩸👤

kit

land

leave

loop

➿

manage

manifest

mass

meet

move

move around

move into

obliterate

orbit

oust

outfit

output

pan

part with

pay

💸

pivot

place

play

pop

pop up

prepare

pronate

pull

pull up

put

put off

quench

reach

realise

recrudesce

rein

remove

result in

return

reveal

roll in

roll up

round

screw

set

set about

set up

shape up

shoo

short-circuit

skirt

slake

snuff out

spiral

stagnate

stall

start

still

stock

stub

succeed

supervene

supply

take in

take out

terminate

throw away

thwart

pitch out

skate over

toss out

transpire

turnout

turn over

twine

twist

utter

warn

wreak

yield

go forth

kit out

play out

pop out

prove to be

rein in

rout out

sling out

set ashore

turn out well

unmould

bounce out

hurl out

kit up

shove out

unmold

stop

🛑

make emerge

delete

accouter

accoutre

adorn

ambulate

apparel

appoint

armor

armour

arrive

assemble

assuage

axe

🪓

banish

be able

become

be found

begin

be out

be successful

blow out

boot

👢

bring

bring up

build

bunch up

can

carry

cease

check

circle

⭕

circulate

circumnavigate

circumvent

circumvolve

close

clothe

cluster

come

come about

come along

come in

come off

come up

conclude

confection

Translations

trouver

🔍

resultar

apagar

echar

risultare

producir

estromettere

rivelarsi

éteindre

exclure

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: turnen out

In summary

From Middle English turnen out, tornen out, equivalent to turn + out.
The slang and prison terms meaning "to turn into a prostitute, etc." are probably an ellipsis for turn (inside) out (“to flip someone's character or role”).

Sentences

Turn out the lantern which gives us light .