turnup
1 of 3adjective
turn·up ˈtər-ˈnəp 
1
: turned up
a turnup nose
2
: made or fitted to be turned up
a turnup collar
turnup
2 of 3noun
turn·up ˈtər-ˌnəp
: something that is turned up
turn up
3 of 3verb
turned up; turning up; turns up
transitive verb
1
: find, discover
2
: to raise or increase by or as if by turning a control
turn up the volume on the radio
3
British
a
: to look up (a word, a fact, etc.) in a book
b
: to refer to or consult (a book)
4
: to turn (a card) face upward
intransitive verb
1
: to appear or come to light unexpectedly or after being lost
new evidence has turned up
2
a(1)
: to turn out to be
he turned up missing at roll call
(2)
: appear sense 4
her name is always turning up in the newspapers
b
: to arrive or show up at an appointed or expected time or place
turned up half an hour late
3
: to happen or occur unexpectedly
something always turned up to prevent their meeting
4
of a ship : tack sense 1b
Synonyms
Verb
- appear
- come out
- materialize
- show
- show up
- unfold
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Example Sentences
Verb my missing car keys turned up just in time when do you think our guests will turn up?
Recent Examples on the Web
Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Sep. 2022 With Eric Hosmer out with a sore back, Bobby Dalbec was in at first base and had gone 0-for-2 with two strikeouts as his third turn up came around in the eighth. Jason Mastrodonato, Hartford Courant, 22 Aug. 2022 Seven decades later, Rani still hopes that her younger brother Mulk Raj will turn up one day. Mujib Mashal, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022 In an effort to turn up new leads, Kansas authorities developed a deck of playing cards featuring 52 of the state's cold cases -- each card displaying a victim's picture, a short description of their case and a tipline number. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 7 Aug. 2022 One of the first true delights to turn up at farmers markets this time of year are local strawberries. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 23 May 2022 Value screens often turn up firms that require patience from the investor waiting for the market to change its pessimistic view of the industry. Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 In addition to the fabulous industrial decor and fun pops of orange, trendy wood paneling and a flame stitch wallpaper turn up the style quotient on the walls. Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Aug. 2022 Journalists and politicians turn up, too, and at last the logging ceases. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 22 July 2022 See More
Verb
More cases will likely turn up, going forward, Relich said. Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Sep. 2022 With Eric Hosmer out with a sore back, Bobby Dalbec was in at first base and had gone 0-for-2 with two strikeouts as his third turn up came around in the eighth. Jason Mastrodonato, Hartford Courant, 22 Aug. 2022 Seven decades later, Rani still hopes that her younger brother Mulk Raj will turn up one day. Mujib Mashal, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022 In an effort to turn up new leads, Kansas authorities developed a deck of playing cards featuring 52 of the state's cold cases -- each card displaying a victim's picture, a short description of their case and a tipline number. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 7 Aug. 2022 One of the first true delights to turn up at farmers markets this time of year are local strawberries. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 23 May 2022 Value screens often turn up firms that require patience from the investor waiting for the market to change its pessimistic view of the industry. Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 In addition to the fabulous industrial decor and fun pops of orange, trendy wood paneling and a flame stitch wallpaper turn up the style quotient on the walls. Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Aug. 2022 Journalists and politicians turn up, too, and at last the logging ceases. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 22 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1685, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
1688, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1563, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
turns up
verb
1
as in appears
to come into view my missing car keys turned up just in time Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- appears
- unfolds
- shows
- comes out
- comes
- shows up
- arrives
- rises
- looms
- reappears
- materializes
- breaks out
- happens
- emerges
- surfaces
- reappears
- erupts
- occurs
- arises
- resurfaces
- debuts
- blossoms
- issues
- bulks
- shoots (up)
- dawns
- outcrops
- springs (up)
- bobs (up)
- breaks
- crops (up)
- rematerializes
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- goes (away)
- melts (away)
- dissolves
- disappears
- fades
- vanishes
- evaporates
- leaves
- clears
- withdraws
- retires
- evanesces
- departs
2
as in arrives
to get to a destination when do you think our guests will turn up? Synonyms & Similar Words
- arrives
- gets in
- comes
- appears
- gets through
- shows up
- lands
- pulls in
- touches down
- blows in
- debarks
- reaches
- hits
- fetches
- checks in
- bursts (in or into)
- makes
- breezes (in)
- disembarks
- waltzes (in)
- clocks (in)
- barges (in)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- goes
- leaves
- checks out
- clocks (out)
- flees
- vamooses
3
as in finds
to come upon after searching, study, or effort it took days to turn up the original documents Synonyms & Similar Words
- finds
- learns
- runs down
- digs up
- finds out
- discovers
- digs out
- gets
- locates
- noses out
- hunts (down or up)
- determines
- detects
- hits (on or upon)
- descries
- ascertains
- scares up
- tracks (down)
- rummages
- ferrets (out)
- dredges (up)
- looks for
- scouts (up)
- spots
- roots (out)
- routs (out)
- sights
- espies
- seeks
- searches (for or out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- passes over
- misses
- overlooks
- loses
- mislays
- misplaces
- missets