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
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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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Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
The Sailors won the ensuing faceoff, and quickly turned up the tempo.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026
The title refers to a story-fable about a horse that runs away, only to turn up at a time of crisis.
—Hillel Italie, Fortune, 1 June 2026
Georgia Emergency Search and Rescue, a nonprofit volunteer search organization, told CBS News Atlanta that 20-year-old Derek Samuel's family contacted them Monday after earlier searches had not turned up results.
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Verb
For its third season, Love Island USA turned up the heat by heading to Hawaii.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
The Sailors won the ensuing faceoff, and quickly turned up the tempo.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026
The title refers to a story-fable about a horse that runs away, only to turn up at a time of crisis.
—Hillel Italie, Fortune, 1 June 2026
Georgia Emergency Search and Rescue, a nonprofit volunteer search organization, told CBS News Atlanta that 20-year-old Derek Samuel's family contacted them Monday after earlier searches had not turned up results.
—CBS News, 1 June 2026
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“Turnup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turnup. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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