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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Turn-out \Turn"-out'\, noun; pl. {Turn-outs}.
1. The act of coming forth; a leaving of houses, shops, etc.; esp., a quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike; -- opposed to lockout.
2. A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch.
3. That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out.
4. The aggregate number of persons who have come out, as from their houses, for a special purpose.
5. Net quantity of produce yielded.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
turnout
noun
1: the group that gathers together for a particular occasion; "a large turnout for the meeting"
2: a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park [syn: {widening}]
3: a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass [syn: {siding}, {railroad siding}, {sidetrack}]
4: what is produced in a given time period [syn: {output}, {outturn}]
5: a set of clothing (with accessories); "his getup was exceedingly elegant" [syn: {outfit}, {getup}, {rig}]
6: attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in an election); "the turnout for the rally"
7: (ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
160 Moby Thesaurus words for "turnout": GNP, L, accouterments, apparatus, apparel, assemblage, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, attendance, audience, ball, box office, boycott, boycottage, branch, brawl, cable railway, caparison, caucus, clothing, cog railway, colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse, congregation, congress, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, crowd, dance, date, diet, draw, dress, eisteddfod, el, electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, embankment, equipage, equipment, feeder, feeder line, festivity, fete, fittings, forgathering, forum, four-in-hand, frequence, frequenting, furnishings, gate, gathering, gear, get-together, getup, gravity-operated railway, gross national product, guise, harness, horse railway, housewarming, job action, junction, levee, light railroad, line, livery, lockout, main line, meet, meeting, metro, monorail, muster, number present, outfit, outlaw strike, output, pair, panel, party, plenum, product, production, prom, quorum, rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway, rail, rail line, railroad, railway, rally, randem, reception, rendezvous, revolt, rig, roadbed, roadway, rulebook slowdown, seance, session, setout, shindig, sick-in, sidetrack, siding, sit-down, sit-down strike, sit-in, sitting, slowdown, soiree, span, spike, spike team, street railway, streetcar line, strike, subway, switchback, sympathy strike, symposium, synod, tandem, team, terminal, terminus, things, three-up, throng, tie-up, track, tram, tramline, trappings, trestle, trolley line, trousseau, trunk, trunk line, tube, underground, unicorn, volume, walkout, wardrobe, wildcat strike, work stoppage, yield
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