turnout

CEFRB2

/ˈtɜː(ɹ)naʊt/

noun

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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The number or proportion of people who attend or participate in an event (especially an election) or are present at a venue.
The act of coming forth.
A place where moveable rails allow a train to switch tracks; a set of points.

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Depending on the location of a restaurant, weekdays may equally experience low turnout.
2012, The Hyperink Team, Essential Tools For Managing A Restaurant Business, Hyperink Inc, →ISBN
A country which has always had an exceptionally good turnout for its elections to the European Parliament is Belgium. Every single election has had a turnout of over 90 per cent. The reason for this is that there is compulsory voting in Belgium.
2016, Alistair Jones, Britain and the European Union, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 212
"Yes," answered Reynard, "but old Bruin sat on the sledge and drove just as if he had stolen both horse and turn-out." "Bad luck to him, the rascal!" said the farmer.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 113
Occasionally turnouts would be seen driven randem in circus parades.
1990, Thomas Ryder, The Carriage Journal, volume 27, number 4, pages 164–165
An article published recently in our associated weekly contemporary, The Railway Gazette, dealt at some length with the differences in construction and operation between civil and military railways, and explained that points and crossings are more commonly termed "turnouts" in military parlance.
1943 September and October, “Military and Civil Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 257

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Etymology tree English turn outdeverb. English turnout Deverbal from turn out.