| VERB | stative | turn out, prove, turn up | be shown or be found to be |
|---|---|---|---|
| stative | turn out | prove to be in the result or end | |
| creation | turn out | produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery | |
| stative | turn out, come out | result or end | |
| change | turn out | come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons | |
| creation | turn out, bear | bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year" | |
| contact | turn out, eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out | put out or expel from a place | |
| social | turn out | come and gather for a public event | |
| possession | turn out | outfit or equip, as with accessories | |
| motion | turn out, splay, spread out, rotate | turn outward | |
| contact | turn out, switch off, cut, turn off | cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch | |
| body | turn out, get up, arise, uprise, rise | get ... / get up and out of bed |
| Meaning | Be shown or be found to be. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE; It ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | prove, turn up | |
| Narrower | result, ensue | Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.) |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Spanish | demostrar, probar | |
| Catalan | demostrar, provar, resultar | |
| Meaning | prove to be in the result or end. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | It ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Broader | happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place | Come to pass |
| Spanish | resultar, salir | |
| Catalan | resultar | |
| Meaning | produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Broader | produce, make, create | create or manufacture a man-made product |
| Spanish | hacer, producir | |
| Nouns | turnout | what is produced in a given time period |
| Meaning | Result or end. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "How will the game turn out?" | |
| Synonym | come out | |
| Narrower | eventuate | Come out in the end |
| work out | happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well | |
| Broader | end, stop, finish, terminate, cease | Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense |
| Spanish | acabar, terminar | |
| Meaning | Come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | appear | Come into sight or view |
| Spanish | aparecer, comparecer | |
| Catalan | comparèixer, presentar-se | |
| Meaning | bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year". | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | bear | |
| Narrower | crop | Yield crops |
| fruit | bear fruit | |
| overbear | bear too much | |
| seed | bear seeds | |
| spin off | produce as a consequence of something larger | |
| Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
| Spanish | dar, producir | |
| Meaning | put out or expel from a place. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out | |
| Narrower | bounce | Eject from the premises |
| evict, force out | Expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process | |
| evict | Expel or eject without recourse to legal process | |
| exorcise, exorcize | Expel through adjuration or prayers | |
| show the door | ask to leave | |
| Broader | expel, throw out, kick out | Force to leave or move out |
| Spanish | echar, expeler | |
| Catalan | expel·lir, expulsar, llançar, tirar, treure | |
| Meaning | Come and gather for a public event. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather | Collect in one place |
| Nouns | turnout | attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in an election) |
| turnout | the group that gathers together for a particular occasion | |
| Meaning | outfit or equip, as with accessories. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Broader | equip, fit, fit out, outfit | Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose |
| Nouns | turnout | a set of clothing (with accessories) |
| Meaning | Turn outward. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | splay, spread out, rotate | |
| Broader | turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
| Spanish | achaflanarse | |
| Catalan | aixamfranar-se, aixamfranar | |
| Nouns | turnout | (ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip |
| Meaning | Cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "turn out the lights" | |
| Synonyms | switch off, cut, turn off | |
| Narrower | kill | Cause to cease operating |
| Broader | throw, flip, switch | Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation |
| Opposite | switch on, turn on | Cause to operate by flipping a switch |
| Spanish | apagar, desconectar | |
| Meaning | get ... / get up and out of bed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | Sam and Sue turn out | |
| Synonyms | get up, arise, uprise, rise | |
| Opposite | go to bed, turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire | Prepare for sleep |
| Spanish | aparecer, despertarse, levantarse | |
| Catalan | aixecar-se, despertar-se, sortir del llit | |
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