Meaning of come out in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Verb

    come out

    Definitions

    1. appear or become visible

    Examples

    • « make a showing »
    • « She turned up at the funeral »
    • « I hope the list key is going to surface again »

    Derived terms

  2. 2. come out of

    Examples

    • « Water issued from the hole in the wall »
    • « The words seemed to come out by themselves »

    Derived terms

  3. 3. be issued or published

    Examples

    • « Did your latest book appear yet? »
    • « The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet »
  4. 4. prove to be in the result or end

    Examples

    • « How will the game turn out? »
  5. 5. come forth or out

    Examples

    • « You stick the coins in, but they come out again »
    • « His hair and teeth fell out »
  6. 6. take a place in a competition

    Examples

    • « often followed by an ordinal »
    • « Jerry came in third in the Marathon »

    Derived terms

  7. 7. make oneself visible

    Examples

    • « take action »
    • « Young people should step to the fore and help their peers »
  8. 8. bulge outward

    Examples

    • « His eyes popped »

    Derived terms

  9. 9. to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

    Examples

    • « This actor outed last year »
  10. 10. be made known

    Examples

    • « be disclosed or revealed »
    • « The truth will out »
  11. 11. as of teeth, for example

    Examples

    • « The tooth erupted and had to be extracted »

    Derived terms

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