turn up

Definition of turn up in English English dictionary: To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly
Highly providential was the appearance on the scene of Corny Kelleher when Stephen was blissfully unconscious but for that man in the gap turning up at the eleventh hour the finis might have been that he might have been a candidate for the accident ward.; To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light
Turn up the radio and sing along.; To belay or make fast a line on a cleat or pin
Turn up the main halyard.; To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc. upwards
He turned up his collar against the cold.; If you turn something up or if it turns up, you find, discover, or notice it. Investigations have never turned up any evidence. a very rare 15th-Century spoon, which turned up in an old house in Devon; 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"; appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"; bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"; fold; discover; increase; increase the volume; occur; If you say that someone or something turns up, you mean that they arrive, often unexpectedly or after you have been waiting a long time. Richard had turned up on Christmas Eve with Tony = show up; 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"; When you turn up a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you increase the amount of sound, heat, or power being produced, by adjusting the controls. Bill would turn up the TV in the other room I turned the volume up Turn the heat up high. turn down; find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"
turnup: The next card taken from the top of a pack of cards and displayed
turn-up: The turn-ups on a pair of trousers are the parts which are folded over at the ends of the legs
turnup: The cuff on a trouser leg that is, or can be turned up
turnup: the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end of the sleeve or leg
turnup: {i} trouser cuff (British); that which turns up; surprise (British colloquial)
turnup: Completing the installation of a circuit and making it available to the customer that requested it

turn up

Turkish pronunciation

tırn ʌp

Synonyms

show up, appear, attend, blow in, come in, enter, get, get in, make an appearance, materialize, pop in, punch in, put in an appearance, reach, roll in

Antonyms

turn down, abandon, go, leave, lose, miss

Pronunciation

/ˈtərn ˈəp/ /ˈtɜrn ˈʌp/

Etymology

[ 't&rn ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan and turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, from tornus lathe, from Greek tornos; partly from Old French torner, tourner to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare; akin to Lat.