turnout
Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)naʊt/
The English word “turnout” has 10 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of coming forth.
- The number or proportion of people who attend or participate in an event (especially an election) or are present at a venue.
- A place to pull off a road.
- A place where moveable rails allow a train to switch tracks; a set of points.
- A quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike.
- A striker.
- That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage.
- Net quantity of produce yielded.
- The act of putting out to pasture.
- Rotation of the leg at the hips which causes the feet and knees to turn outward, away from the front of the body.
Etymology
Deverbal from turn out.
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