turnoutturn‧out, ˈturn-out /ˈtɜːnaʊt $ ˈtɜːrn-/ ●○○ noun 
the low turn-out of 54 percent in the March elections → turn out2[singular] the number of people who go to a party, meeting, or other organized event: I was disappointed by the turn-out for our home match.3[countable] American English a place at the side of a narrow road where cars can wait to let others pass
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Turnout for the game was lighter than expected.
- There was an unusually high turnout in the election, nearly twice the number predicted.
- These shows are always popular, and we're expecting a big turnout.
- We had a much better turnout for the company picnic this year than last.
- Although the national turnout was officially given as 60 percent, the elections were marked by a high rate of regional abstention.
- Chase Manhattan and Chemical Banking -- engaged to merge before March -- also had good turnouts.
- I thought the turnout was good: 3, 100 members voting out of 11, 000 or so.
- Last winter, I suggested giving the early primaries to the states with the highest voter turnout in the prior presidential election.
- One is that the pollsters overlooked the potential effect of differential turnout.
- Participation is measured using voter turnout, or the percentage of the eligible voters who actually voted in national elections.
- The turnout in the four referendums was between 39 and 40 percent.
- Yet statistics show voter turnout sliding down.
Longman Language Activatorthe number of people who are at an event
the number of people who attend an event such as a game, a concert, or an important meeting: · The game had an attendance of over 50,000 people.attendance at: · Attendance at the national championships is already higher than expected.good/high attendance: · We had pretty good attendance despite the bad weather.poor/low attendance: · Considering the seriousness of the matter to be debated there was an unusually low attendance at the meeting.
the number of people who have decided to go to or take part in an event: turnout for: · We had a much better turnout for the company picnic this year than last.low/light/small turnout: · Turnout for the game was lighter than expected.high/heavy/large turnout: · There was an unusually high turnout in the election, nearly twice the number predicted.
the number of people at an event, concert, play etc - use this especially when you think the people who organized the event are only interested in getting a lot of people there and do not really care about whether the event is good or not: · Inviting a soap star or two to your opening night is always a good way of getting bums on seats.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY the low turn-out of 54 percent in the March electionsCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1[singular] the number of people who vote in an electionhigh/low turnout the low turn-out of 54 percent in the March elections· On Whit Bank Holiday we had a big turnout of 24 member volunteers.
· So you may see a pretty good turnout for him.· Chase Manhattan and Chemical Banking -- engaged to merge before March -- also had good turnouts.
· The high turnout means that Khatami has another chance.· Last winter, I suggested giving the early primaries to the states with the highest voter turnout in the prior presidential election.· The high turnout will boost the beleaguered opposition leaders.· The constituency saw the highest fall in turnout in the province from 72% in 1973 to 61% in 1975.· Or did the high turnout suggest a letting off of steam after three intense years of flood recovery?· Their analysis is: get real, the high electoral turnouts and mass parties of the postwar period were an aberration.· The highest turnout rate in the past 60 years came in the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon race when 62. 8 percent turned out.
· This constituency had, with Belfast West, the lowest turnout of voters in the Province at 59%.· Wilson attributed the low turnout to the networks.· Both rounds were marked by a very low turnout, with only 20.87 percent of the electorate participating in the second round.· Another factor cited for low voter turnout by young people was their greater mobility.· By-elections are marked by spectacularly low turnouts, sometimes less than 30%.· The lower turnout came despite a surge in voter registration around the nation.· There was a relatively low turnout of just over 60 percent.· But Labour's huge landslide on a low turnout of 59 % leaves Britain with the worst of all worlds.
NOUN· A voter turnout of 59 percent of some 13,300,000 registered voters was recorded for the Dec. 26 poll.· Last winter, I suggested giving the early primaries to the states with the highest voter turnout in the prior presidential election.· Participation is measured using voter turnout, or the percentage of the eligible voters who actually voted in national elections.· Heavy voter turnout has been predicted for the first primary of 1996.· The official figure for voter turnout was over 1,600,000 people, representing just over 90 percent of those registered to vote.· The 1996 presidential election, costliest in history, produced the lowest percentage of voter turnout since 1824.· Yet statistics show voter turnout sliding down.· Outside groups also will be pushing voter turnout.
the low turn-out of 54 percent in the March elections → turn out2[singular] the number of people who go to a party, meeting, or other organized event: I was disappointed by the turn-out for our home match.3[countable] American English a place at the side of a narrow road where cars can wait to let others pass