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turnout
[ turn-out ]
noun
- the gathering of persons who come to an exhibition, party, spectacle, or the like:
They had a large turnout at the meeting.
- quantity of production; output.
- an act of turning out.
- the manner or style in which a person or thing is equipped, dressed, etc.
- equipment; outfit.
- a short side track, space, spur, etc., that enables trains, automobiles, etc., to pass one another or park.
- Ballet. the turning out of the legs from the hips, with the feet back to back or heel to heel.
- Railroads. a track structure composed of a switch, a frog, and closure rails, permitting a train to leave a given track for a branching or parallel track. Compare crossover ( def 6 ).
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of turnout1
Example Sentences
Another worker, Nick Adams, 28, wearing a British Steel polo shirt, tells me he is heartened by the turnout.
I threw a huge going-away party for my old roommate but didn’t anticipate how small the turnout would be.
In the city of Milwaukee, which leans Democratic, officials reported a shortage of ballots on Tuesday "due to unprecedented and historic voter turnout", the city's election commission said in a statement.
These kinds of special elections typically see low voter turnout.
Following the reports of a low turnout, protest leader Blessed Geza urged Zimbabweans "not to be cowards" in a post on X.
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