1
: turned up
a turnup nose
2
: made or fitted to be turned up
a turnup collar
turned up; turning up; turns up
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
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
Examples of turnup in a Sentence
Verb
my missing car keys turned up just in time
when do you think our guests will turn up?
Recent Examples on the Web
Markham Heid, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
The hope is that more complete postcranial bones dating back even further in time, closer to the hypothetical emergence of H. erectus on the island, will turn up to paint a more detailed picture of how the hobbit came to be.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2024
Gray never turned up, but Jane didn’t mind being on her own.
—Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
In September the label will turn up on the catwalk here, as well, with its stateside fashion show debut.
—Irene Kim, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2024
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Verb
These sorts of findings turn up again and again in analyses of vaccinations and lupus flares.
—Markham Heid, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
The hope is that more complete postcranial bones dating back even further in time, closer to the hypothetical emergence of H. erectus on the island, will turn up to paint a more detailed picture of how the hobbit came to be.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2024
Gray never turned up, but Jane didn’t mind being on her own.
—Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
In September the label will turn up on the catwalk here, as well, with its stateside fashion show debut.
—Irene Kim, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2024
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“Turnup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turnup. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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