turnout

[ turn-out ]

noun

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

   They had a large turnout at the meeting.

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. Ballet. the turning out of the legs from the hips, with the feet back to back or heel to heel.
8. 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 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of turnout¹

First recorded in 1680–90; noun use of verb phrase turn out

Example Sentences

The Christian nationalist turnout machine is much more robust, and it brings huge numbers of extremely reliable voters to the Republican side.

From Salon

Some 3,339 independent community pharmacies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland took part in the unprecedented ballot, which is a turnout of 64%.

From BBC

Throughout the campaign, he pushed conspiracy theories about the election process, claiming at one point that turnout in nursing homes couldn't possibly be correct because many of its residents were near death.

From Salon

"The vast majority of Republicans voted for Trump, and the vast majority of Democrats voted for Harris, and voter turnout was relatively high," Bernard L. Fraga, a political science professor at Emory University in Georgia, said in a phone interview.

From Salon

Democrats’ coalitional gains among college-educated brownnosers puts them in good position for midterm turnout, while Trump’s new coalition of podcast bros may be less inclined to show up to a voting booth to save Rep. Don Bacon yet again.

From Slate

Related Words

• output
• productivity
• turnover
• volume
• yield