Come out meaning in English

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Definition

(This film) will come out (next week): (This film) is released, will start, premieres (next week) verb
to come out of (the toilets): to exit, to leave (the toilets) idiom

Examples

  • "Coming out of the bottle is the scent of perfume."
  • "You can come out of the box!"
  • "A fine program. I remember when it first came out."
  • "Icarus : But it first came out in 1982."
  • "Todd : Well, I'm trying as hard as I can to laugh, but nothing is coming out."
  • "I saw you on CNN last month coming out of the courtrooms. You looked great!"
  • "Come out Tigerlily, you're caressing me"
  • "Come out with your hands up!"
  • "Where are you, come out!"
  • "Brian : So I just came out and told them.."
Exercise 1
Quickmate came out in 1982. This means that the software in 1982.
Quickmate came out in 1982. This means that the software was released by the manufacturer in 1982.
was released by the manufacturer: This is the best choice here. We use the phrasal verb "to come out" to refer to the first appearance or the "release" of a product, film, technology, etc. The phrase can also refer to a literal movement, for example "The hippopotamus came out of the river and into our tent". In the figurative sense, however, the phrase often refers to products and movies and books when they first are published, distributed or released.
was created by the manufacturer: The phrasal verb "to come out" does not refer to the date when a product was first created, but rather the date when it was first released.
was purchased by Delavigne: The phrasal verb "to come out" does not refer to the date when a product was first purchased or "bought", but rather the date when it was first released.
acknowledged its homosexuality: It's true that in English, the phrasal verb "to come out" or "to come out of the closet" expresses the someone acknowledges their homosexuality, it seems clear that Delavigne's software is not confessing their own homosexuality.

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