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Princeton's WordNet

  1. come on, come out, turn up, surface, show upverb

    appear or become visible; make a showing

    "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"

  2. fold, fold up, turn upverb

    bend or lay so that one part covers the other

    "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"

  3. locate, turn upverb

    discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

    "Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?"; "My search turned up nothing"

  4. prove, turn out, turn upverb

    be shown or be found to be

    "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"

  5. excavate, dig up, turn upverb

    find by digging in the ground

    "I dug up an old box in the garden"

Wiktionary

  1. turn upnoun

    A stroke of good luck.

  2. turn upverb

    To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly.

  3. turn upverb

    To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.

  4. turn upverb

    To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc. upwards.

  5. turn upverb

    To belay or make fast a line on a cleat or pin.

Wikipedia

  1. Turn Up

    Partymobile is the third studio album by Canadian singer PartyNextDoor. It was released on March 27, 2020, by OVO Sound and Warner Records.

ChatGPT

  1. turn up

    "Turn up" is a colloquially used phrase with several meanings. It can mean to arrive or make an appearance somewhere. It is also a term used to mean increasing the volume or power of something, as in 'turn up the music'. In informal situations, it can mean to engage in celebratory behavior, particularly in a party setting. Lastly, it can also refer to when something appears or is found unexpectedly.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn up in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of turn up in a Sentence

  1. Andrew Todd:

    What we’ll have to do now is actually start an audit of all of the centers just to see how bad it is or how much evidence we can turn up, if the problem is as big as seems to be indicated, then our systems should be flagging it sooner.

  2. James Corden:

    There is no tough sells anymore, it’s just timing, i think they used to be apprehensive. I think genuinely a lot of people used to turn up going ‘What am I doing? And what is this?’ And now I think it’s a thing where people call us, and it's become a part of record company strategy for launching an album, singer or artist. In many ways that has become a lot easier.

  3. Billy Ray Morris:

    To turn up a new wreck is a pretty big deal.

  4. Lewis Hamilton:

    I am just aware that there is most likely going to be at least one 10 place penalty in the future because I have got one more reprimand to go, when I was in karting there was one steward, he was just there to make everyone's weekend a bad weekend. Families would turn up and spend so much money to be there... and he was just there to ruin people's weekends.

  5. Roger Federer:

    On the ATP level... if you can't play, you still get your prize money twice in the year. Maybe the grand slams should adopt some of that, then maybe we would eliminate half of the players (who turn up injured), a player should not go on court if he knows he could not finish. The question is, did they truly believe they were going to finish? If they did, I think it's okay that they walk on court. Otherwise, I feel they should give up the spot.


Translations for turn up

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  • دُرArabic
  • увеличавам, показвам се, появявам сеBulgarian
  • dar vuelta, subir, aparecer, doblarSpanish
  • apparer, reverterInterlingua
  • aparecerPortuguese
  • apăreaRomanian
  • выше, находиться, делать, громче, объявляться, подниматьRussian
  • höja, vrida upp volymen, dyka uppSwedish
  • வரை திரும்பTamil
  • vặn to lênVietnamese
  • aspiter, fé aler pus foirt, trossî, ritrossî, ritournerWalloon
  • 到场Chinese

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