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turnout definition

turn·out (tʉrn′o̵ut′)

noun

  1. the act of turning out
    1. a gathering of people, as for a meeting
    2. the number of people assembled
  3. an amount produced; output
    1. a wider part of a narrow road, enabling vehicles to pass one another
    2. an exit road
    3. a railroad siding
  5. a carriage with its horse or horses
    1. equipment
    2. a set of clothes; costume
  7. Ballet a position in which the legs are turned outward, with the feet pointed in opposite directions

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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