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
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
And in Game 5 on Wednesday, Adebayo turned up his aggressiveness and was on track to play all 48 minutes if the game was within reach.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
As similar fossils turned up, Mosasaurus turned out to be just the first genus of a whole group of marine reptiles—the mosasaurs.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
On the last day of a Middle East trip, his seventh visit to the region since the war began in October, Mr. Blinken tried to turn up the pressure on Hamas.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 1 May 2024
Genetic evidence of the virus recently turned up in commercially available milk.
—Zeynep Tufekci, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
But when one of Aurora’s high-level executives turns up dead, everyone on sight is forced to ignore the crisis so as to not sink the deal.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 May 2024
White Glove Fraud Resolution Aura will notify you if your data turns up on the Dark Web, or if someone makes a big charge on your credit card.
—PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
Their queries turned up four instances in which decisions were pending and three in which permission to investigate had been granted, although two of those had been appealed, the groups said in a report last month.
—Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
Verb
So the ocean, and not space aliens, explains why ancient whale parts have turned up in Lincoln Heights and Mt. Washington, once the contours of the seabed.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
And in Game 5 on Wednesday, Adebayo turned up his aggressiveness and was on track to play all 48 minutes if the game was within reach.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
As similar fossils turned up, Mosasaurus turned out to be just the first genus of a whole group of marine reptiles—the mosasaurs.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
On the last day of a Middle East trip, his seventh visit to the region since the war began in October, Mr. Blinken tried to turn up the pressure on Hamas.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 1 May 2024
Genetic evidence of the virus recently turned up in commercially available milk.
—Zeynep Tufekci, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
But when one of Aurora’s high-level executives turns up dead, everyone on sight is forced to ignore the crisis so as to not sink the deal.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 May 2024
White Glove Fraud Resolution Aura will notify you if your data turns up on the Dark Web, or if someone makes a big charge on your credit card.
—PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
Their queries turned up four instances in which decisions were pending and three in which permission to investigate had been granted, although two of those had been appealed, the groups said in a report last month.
—Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Turnup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turnup. Accessed 7 May. 2024.
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