come out

verb

came out; come out; coming out; comes out

intransitive verb

1

a

: to come into public view : make a public appearance

a new magazine has come out

b

: to become evident

his pride came out in his refusal to accept help

2

: to declare oneself especially in public utterance

came out in favor of the proposal

3

: to turn out in an outcome : end up

everything came out all right

4

: to make a debut

5

a

: to openly declare one's sexual orientation or gender identity

came out as bisexual

decided to come out to her family

b

: to openly declare something about oneself previously kept hidden

—often used with as

blew his cover and came out as a CIA agent

—William Prochnau

coming-out

ˌkə-miŋ-ˈau̇t 

noun

Phrases

come out with

1

: to give expression to

came out with a new proposal

2

: publish

Synonyms

• fall out
• pan out
• prove
• shake out
• turn out

Examples of come out in a Sentence

in the end everything came out OK

come out, come out wherever you are!

Recent Examples on the Web

Unless the Yankees take Bellinger from Windy City, New York also seems to be aggressively pursuing Tucker since the news has come out. —Tyler Small, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024

Once discovered, the duo refused to come out, McKinley said. —Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024

While the idea was to launch the film at the same time as the album, that was not to be, with the film ultimately released two years after Discovery came out in February of 2001. —Katie Bain, Billboard, 12 Dec. 2024

The selection highlights 61 novels published since the first list came out in 2005 that are primed to be made into big screen and small screen projects. —Dominic Patten, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

come out

verb

1

: to come into public view

2

: to turn out to be

everything came out all right