different between turnout vs ensemble

English

Etymology

turn +? out, from the phrasal verb.

Noun

turnout (plural turnouts)

1. The act of coming forth.
2. The number of people who attend or participate in an event (especially an election) or are present at a venue.
   • 2012, The Hyperink Team, Essential Tools For Managing A Restaurant Business, Hyperink Inc (?ISBN):

     Depending on the location of a restaurant, weekdays may equally experience low turnout.

   • 2016, Alistair Jones, Britain and the European Union, Edinburgh University Press (?ISBN), page 212:

     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.

3. (US) A place to pull off a road.

   When towing a trailer, use the turnouts to let faster traffic pass.

   • 2011, Douglas Steakley, Photographing Big Sur: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them, The Countryman Press (?ISBN), page 56:

     This is a location that should not be missed, especially during late afternoons in winter. This field can be photographed from the narrow driveway that leads down to the restaurant or from the turnout south of the restaurant, ...

4. (rail transport, chiefly US) A place where moveable rails allow a train to switch tracks; a set of points.
5. (dated) A quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike.
6. (dated) A striker.
   • 2002, Brian Lewis, The Middlemost and the Milltowns (page 86)

     Meanwhile on the eighteenth a party of soldiers dispersed a crowd in Over Darwen, and the following day a detachment came to protect the Hargreaves' large mill at Accrington, where one of the partners, anticipating a visit from the turnouts, had sworn in several hundred of the workpeople as special constables.

7. That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage.

   A man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turnout.

   • 1990, Thomas Ryder, The Carriage Journal (volume 27, number 4, pages 164-165)

     Occasionally turnouts would be seen driven randem in circus parades.

8. Net quantity of produce yielded.

Synonyms

• (roadside area): lay-by

Derived terms

• turnout gear

Translations

Anagrams

• out-turn, outturn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???n?s??m.bl?/, /???n?s??m.bl?/
• (UK, Anglicised) IPA^(key): /??n?s?m.b?l/
• (US, Anglicised) IPA^(key): /??n?s?m.b?l/

Noun

ensemble (plural ensembles)

1. A group of separate things that contribute to a coordinated whole.
2. (fashion) A coordinated costume or outfit; a suit.
4. (collective) A group of musicians, dancers, actors, etc who perform together; e.g. the chorus of a ballet company.
   • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift

     On paper, Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Alan Tudyk. But in practice, the overstuffed ensemble leaves the cast no room to distinguish themselves, and directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier don’t seem interested in coaxing performances that might render their money stars less identifiable.

5. (music) A piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists.
7. (mathematics, physics) A probability distribution for the state of the system.
9. (machine learning) A supervised learning algorithm combining multiple hypotheses.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

ensemble (third-person singular simple present ensembles, present participle ensembling, simple past and past participle ensembled)

1. To put together in a coordinated whole.
2. (music) To perform in a musical ensemble.

Further reading

• ensemble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?s?m.bl?/
• Hyphenation: en?sem?ble

Noun

ensemble n (plural ensembles, diminutive ensembletje n)

1. ensemble
2. ensemble (group of musicians)
3. (theater) troupe

Derived terms

• ensemblemuziek
• theaterensemble

French

Etymology

From Latin insimul, a variant of simul. See also Italian insieme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.s??bl/
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [??s??m]

Adverb

ensemble

1. together

Noun

ensemble m (plural ensembles)

1. an outfit
2. (mathematics) a set
3. (music) an ensemble

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Danish: ensemble
• ? Dutch: ensemble
• ? English: ensemble
• ? German: Ensemble
• ? Norwegian: ensemble
• ? Portuguese: ensemble
• ? Spanish: ensemble
• ? Swedish: ensemble

References

Further reading

• “ensemble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble, from Late Latin insimul.

Noun

ensemble n (definite singular ensemblet, indefinite plural ensembler, definite plural ensembla or ensemblene)

1. an ensemble

References

• “ensemble” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble, from Late Latin insimul.

Noun

ensemble n (definite singular ensemblet, indefinite plural ensemble, definite plural ensembla)

1. an ensemble

References

• “ensemble” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• ansamble
• ensamble

Etymology

Inherited from Latin in simul

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?n.?s?m.bl?], (later) [ãn.?sãm.bl?]

Adverb

ensemble

1. together

Descendants

• French: ensemble
  • ? Dutch: ensemble
  • ? English: ensemble
  • ? German: Ensemble
  • ? Norwegian: ensemble
  • ? Portuguese: ensemble
  • ? Spanish: ensemble
  • ? Swedish: ensemble
• Norman: ensemblle (Guernsey), ensembl'ye (Jersey)
• ? Galician: ensembra (archaic)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

Noun

ensemble m (plural ensembles)

1. ensemble (a coordinated costume or outfit)
2. ensemble (a group of artists who perform together)

   Synonym: conjunto

3. (music) ensemble (a piece for several musicians)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

Noun

ensemble m (plural ensembles)

1. ensemble

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ensemble.

Noun

ensemble c

1. ensemble; a coordinated costume or outfit; a suite
2. ensemble; a group of musicians, dancers etc who perform together; the chorus of a ballet company
3. (music) ensemble; a piece for several instrumentalists or vocalists

Declension

References

• ensemble in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)