1.
to be present at an event :
A vast crowd turned out to watch the procession.
—related noun turnout
2.
(used with an adverb or adjective, or in questions with how ) to happen in a particular way; to develop or end in a particular way :
Despite our worries everything turned out well.
You never know how your children will turn out.
[+ adj ]
If the day turns out wet, we may have to change our plans.
3.
to point away from the centre :
Her toes turn out.
4.
to be discovered to be; to prove to be :
[+ that ]
It turned out that she was a friend of my sister.
[+ to inf]
The job turned out to be harder than we thought.
The house they had offered us turned out to be a tiny apartment.