1. to exit; to leave the inside of a place.
> When do you think they will all come out?

2. to result; to succeed; to happen.
> I hope everything comes out fine.

3. to come before the public; [for a book] to be published; [for a report] to be made public.
> A new magazine has just come out.

4. to become visible or evident.
> His pride came out in his refusal to accept help.
> The real reason finally came out, and it was not flattering.

5. [for a young woman] to make a social debut. (Now only done in certain U.S. regions.)
> Does your daughter plan to come out this year?

6. to reveal one's homosexuality.
> Herbie finally came out when he was forty-five.