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turn·out

(tûrn′out′)

1. The number of people who participate in a particular event or activity: The peace march attracted a large turnout. Shopper turnout was enormous.

2. A number of things produced; output.

3. The act or an instance of turning out: her quick turnout of another novel.

4. Chiefly British

a. A labor strike.

b. A laborer on strike.

5. An outfit or array of equipment, especially that worn by a fire fighter.

6. An outfit of a carriage with its horse or horses; equipage.

7. A railroad siding.

8. A widening in a highway to allow vehicles to pass or park.

9. The rotation of a dancer's legs from the hip sockets.

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turn•out

(ˈtɜrnˌaʊt)

n.

1. the gathering of persons who come to an exhibition, party, spectacle, or the like.

2. quantity of production; output.

3. an act of turning out.

4. the manner or style in which a person or thing is equipped, dressed, etc.

5. equipment; outfit.

6. a short side track, space, spur, etc., that enables trains, automobiles, etc., to pass one another or park.

7. a ballet position in which the legs are turned out with the feet back to back or heel to heel.

[1680–90]

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Noun	1.	turnout - the group that gathers together for a particular occasion; "a large turnout for the meeting" assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place
	2.	turnout - a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park widening part, portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" road, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
	3.	turnout - a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass railroad siding, sidetrack, siding railroad track, railway, railroad - a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track"
	4.	turnout - what is produced in a given time period outturn, output product, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" throughput - output relative to input; the amount passing through a system from input to output (especially of a computer program over a period of time)
	5.	turnout - a set of clothing (with accessories); "his getup was exceedingly elegant" getup, outfit, rig attire, garb, dress - clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" bib-and-tucker - an attractive outfit; "she wore her best bib-and-tucker" ensemble - a coordinated outfit (set of clothing) playsuit - a sports outfit for women or children; usually consists of shorts and a blouse trousseau - the personal outfit of a bride; clothes and accessories and linens
	6.	turnout - attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in an election); "the turnout for the rally" attendance, attending - the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
	7.	turnout - (ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip rotary motion, rotation - the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" ballet, concert dance - a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers

turnout

noun attendance, crowd, audience, gate, assembly, congregation, number, throng, assemblage It was a marvellous afternoon with a huge turnout of people.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

turnout

noun

1. Things needed for a task, journey, or other purpose:

accouterment (often used in plural), apparatus, equipment, gear, material (used in plural), materiel, outfit, paraphernalia, rig, tackle, thing (used in plural).

2. A set or style of clothing:

costume, dress, garb, guise, habiliment (often used in plural), outfit.

Informal: getup, rig.

Translations

Wahlbeteiligung

προσέλευση

affluenza

turnout

[ˈtɜːnaʊt] N

1. (= attendance) → concurrencia f, asistencia f; (= paying spectators) → entrada f, público m; (at election) → número m de votantes
there was a poor turnout → asistió poca gente
we hope for a good turnout at the dance → esperamos que el baile sea muy concurrido

2. (= clean) → limpieza f
she gave the room a good turnout → le hizo una buena limpieza al cuarto

3. (Ind) (= output) → producción f

4. (= dress) → atuendo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

turnout

[ˈtɜː^rnaʊt] n

(= attendance) (at meeting) → assistance f; [voters] (in election) → participation f
It was a good turnout → Il y a eu beaucoup de monde.
a high turnout → une participation importante
a low turnout → une faible participation, une forte abstention

(US) (= layby) → aire f de stationnement sur le bas-côté

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

turnout

(= attendance) → Teilnahme f, → Beteiligung f; in spite of the rain there was a good turnout (for a match etc) → trotz des Regens war das Spiel gut besucht; (in election) → trotz des Regens war die Wahlbeteiligung gut or hoch; there was a big turnout of friends to meet us at the station → eine Menge Freunde waren gekommen, um uns am Bahnhof zu begrüßen

(= clean-out) she gave the room a thorough turnout → sie machte den Raum gründlich sauber

(Comm: = output) → Produktion f

(= dress) → Aufmachung f

(US) (in town) → Parkbucht f; (in country) → Parkplatz m; (big) → Rastplatz m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

turnout

[ˈtɜːnˌaʊt] n

a. (attendance) → presenza, affluenza
there was a poor turnout → la partecipazione è stata molto scarsa

b. (clean) → ripulita

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"No," said she, "he only cared to have a stylish turnout, as they call it; I think he knew very little about horses; he left that to his coachman, who told him I had an irritable temper!

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It was a noble turnout, and would have made a fine display if we had had thinner weather.

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To me, away there in my bean-field at the other end of the town, the big guns sounded as if a puffball had burst; and when there was a military turnout of which I was ignorant, I have sometimes had a vague sense all the day of some sort of itching and disease in the horizon, as if some eruption would break out there soon, either scarlatina or canker-rash, until at length some more favorable puff of wind, making haste over the fields and up the Wayland road, brought me information of the "trainers." It seemed by the distant hum as if somebody's bees had swarmed, and that the neighbors, according to Virgil's advice, by a faint tintinnabulum upon the most sonorous of their domestic utensils, were endeavoring to call them down into the hive again.

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My mother has noticed him, and he must therefore, perforce, be remarkable." He went down to the stables, not without some slight annoyance, when he remembered that the Count of Monte Cristo had laid his hands on a "turnout" which sent his bays down to second place in the opinion of connoisseurs.

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Elaiza Sabile-David, director in charge for the overseas voting, earlier said turnouts during midterm elections had always been low.

Comelec targets 30% overseas voter turnout for May polls

Even without them, many nations still have consistently high election turnouts with Sweden (82.6 per cent) and South Korea (80.4 per cent) notable examples, according to a Pew Research Center ranking from August.

The US trails other nations in voter turnout

THE general election saw one of the best Welsh voter turnouts in years with 65.7% of people going to the polls.

One of best Welsh turnouts as 65.7% go to polls

"The Scottish independence referendum proved it is possible to get high turnouts if you engage people on issues they really care about."

POLLS APART; Why can't we be bothered to vote? Scandal of the 86% who ignore city centre ballot

■ Out of the city's 50 precincts, only five reported voter turnouts of 50 percent or higher.

'Get out vote' effort falls flat

(Italy used to have turnouts exceeding 90 percent--until it repealed its law making voting mandatory.

Election turnout, not Rohani, matters

HAWAII already has one of the worst voter turnouts among states.

Rock the vote, block the vote

The latest information shows the lowest turnouts in urban counties - including Lane (20 percent), Multnomah (17 percent) and Washington (18 percent).