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

We were incredibly moved by the amount of people who came out over this vast expanse of jungle from their small villages and went to search for him. —Liz McNeil, People.com, 4 June 2025

Never Enough, the follow-up album to 2021’s smash success Glow On, comes out this Friday, June 6, via Roadrunner. —Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 4 June 2025

What To Watch For The Labor Department’s May nonfarm payrolls report, the primary yardstick of the U.S. employment picture, will come out Friday at 8:30 a.m. EDT. —Derek Saul, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025

So as new companies come in, then some companies could come out. —Jesse Pound, CNBC, 4 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

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

Rhymes for come out

• roundabout
• runabout
• sauerkraut
• thereabout
• turnabout
• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout

Kids Definition

come out

verb

1

: to come into public view

2

: to turn out to be

everything came out all right