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come out

come out
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kuhm out]
    • /kʌm aʊt/
    • /kʌm ˈaʊt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuhm out]
    • /kʌm aʊt/

Definitions of come out words

  • phrasal verb come out When a new product such as a book or CD comes out, it becomes available to the public. 3
  • phrasal verb come out If a fact comes out, it becomes known to people. 3
  • phrasal verb come out When a gay person comes out, they let people know that they are gay. 3
  • phrasal verb come out To come out in a particular way means to be in the position or state described at the end of a process or event. 3
  • phrasal verb come out If you come out for something, you declare that you support it. If you come out against something, you declare that you do not support it. 3
  • phrasal verb come out When a group of workers comes out on strike, they go on strike. 3

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Origin of come out

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English comen, Old English cuman; cognate with Dutch komen, German kommen, Gothic qiman, Old Norse koma, Latin venīre (see avenue), Greek baínein (see basis), Sanskrit gácchati (he) goes

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Parts of speech for Come out

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

come out popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

come out usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for come out

verb come out

  • break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
  • debut — The debut of a performer or sports player is their first public performance, appearance, or recording.
  • appear — If you say that something appears to be the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.
  • get out — an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
  • leak — an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof.

Antonyms for come out

verb come out

  • hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.

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