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turn up

Definitions

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  • verb intransitive To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly.
  • verb transitive To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
  • verb transitive To reposition by rotating, flipping, etc. upwards.
  • verb transitive, nautical To belay or make fast a line on a cleat or pin.
  • noun A stroke of good luck.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb be shown or be found to be
  • verb discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
  • verb find by digging in the ground
  • verb bend or lay so that one part covers the other
  • verb appear or become visible; make a showing

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synonyms (141)

Words with the same meaning

  1. abandon
  2. accomplish
  3. achieve
  4. appear
  5. appear unexpectedly
  6. approach
  7. arise
  8. arrive
  9. arrive at
  10. arrive in
  11. assister
  12. attain
  13. attain to
  14. attend
  15. be at
  16. be found
  17. be present at
  18. be received
  19. be unexpected
  20. bechance
  21. become manifest
  22. become visible
  23. befall
  24. betide
  25. betray itself
  26. blow in
  27. bob up
  28. bring to light
  29. catch
  30. cede
  31. chance
  32. check in
  33. clock in
  34. cock up
  35. come
  36. come across
  37. come along
  38. come forth
  39. come forward
  40. come in
  41. come in sight
  42. come into being
  43. come into existence
  44. come on
  45. come out
  46. come to
  47. come to hand
  48. come to light
  49. come unawares
  50. come upon
  51. creep up on
  52. crop out
  53. crop up
  54. descry
  55. detect
  56. dig up
  57. disclose
  58. discover itself
  59. disinter
  60. do
  61. draw on
  62. emerge
  63. encounter
  64. enter
  65. espy
  66. excavate
  67. exhume
  68. expose
  69. fade in
  70. fall upon
  71. ferret out
  72. fetch
  73. fetch up at
  74. find
  75. fish up
  76. flash upon one
  77. gain
  78. get in
  79. get there
  80. get to
  81. give up
  82. go to
  83. hand
  84. hang out
  85. hap
  86. happen
  87. happen along
  88. happen by chance
  89. hazard
  90. heave in sight
  91. hit
  92. hit town
  93. issue
  94. issue forth
  95. look forth
  96. look on
  97. loom
  98. make
  99. make it
  100. materialize
  101. meet with
  102. outcrop
  103. peep out
  104. pop up
  105. pounce upon
  106. present itself
  107. pull in
  108. punch in
  109. reach
  110. rear its head
  111. reveal
  112. ring in
  113. rise
  114. roll in
  115. root up
  116. see
  117. see the light
  118. show
  119. show up
  120. sign in
  121. sit in
  122. slope up
  123. spot
  124. spring up
  125. stream forth
  126. strike the eye
  127. take in
  128. time in
  129. track down
  130. trend upwards
  131. uncover
  132. unearth
  133. upbend
  134. upcast
  135. upcurve
  136. upsweep
  137. upturn
  138. visit
  139. watch
  140. witness
  141. worm out

antonyms (1)

Words with the opposite meaning

  1. turn down

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. appear

forms (3)

Forms

  1. turn it up
  2. turn up one's nose
  3. turn up the heat

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