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
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?
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Idaho Statesman, 11 Nov. 2025
Developed by Enhance Games, whose CEO Tetsuya Mizuguchi originally created the series, the current vision of Lumines turns up its visual and sonic components to borderline hallucinogenic heights.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
This season, the volume gets turned up all the way right from the beginning.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Nov. 2025
The work by the Project for the Innocent team turned up errors in forensic work, revelations about the records of some criminalists in the San Diego County Regional Crime Lab and allegations that the District Attorney’s Office had suppressed evidence over the years.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
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Verb
That was until last January, when Meadow turned up to a game at ExtraMile Arena with his hair shaved down to a couple of inches.
—Idaho Statesman, 11 Nov. 2025
Developed by Enhance Games, whose CEO Tetsuya Mizuguchi originally created the series, the current vision of Lumines turns up its visual and sonic components to borderline hallucinogenic heights.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
This season, the volume gets turned up all the way right from the beginning.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Nov. 2025
The work by the Project for the Innocent team turned up errors in forensic work, revelations about the records of some criminalists in the San Diego County Regional Crime Lab and allegations that the District Attorney’s Office had suppressed evidence over the years.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Turnup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turnup. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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