Definition of Bring out
1. Verb. Make visible. "He brings out the best in her"
Generic synonyms: Show
Specialized synonyms: Disclose, Expose, Excavate, Unearth, Trot Out, Unfold
2. Verb. Bring out of a specific state.
3. Verb. Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale. "Sam and Sue bring out the movie "; "Publish a magazine or newspaper"
Generic synonyms: Air, Bare, Publicise, Publicize
Specialized synonyms: Edit
Derivative terms: Issue, Issue, Issuer, Publication, Publication, Publication, Publisher, Publisher, Publisher, Publishing, Release
4. Verb. Direct attention to, as if by means of contrast. "I set off these words by brackets"
Specialized synonyms: Pick Up, Foreground, Highlight, Play Up, Spotlight, Raise
Generic synonyms: Accent, Accentuate, Emphasise, Emphasize, Punctuate, Stress
5. Verb. Bring onto the market or release. "Produce a new play"
Specialized synonyms: Offer
Derivative terms: Producer, Production, Production
6. Verb. Encourage to be less reserved. "The teacher tried to bring out the shy boy"
7. Verb. Take out of a container or enclosed space. "Get out your best dress--we are going to a party!"
8. Verb. Bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc..
9. Verb. Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret. "They bring out that there was a traffic accident "; "Unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
Specialized synonyms: Blackwash, Muckrake, Blow, Out, Come Out, Come Out Of The Closet, Out, Spring, Betray, Bewray, Confide, Leak, Babble, Babble Out, Blab, Blab Out, Let The Cat Out Of The Bag, Peach, Sing, Spill The Beans, Talk, Tattle, Reveal
Causes: Break, Get Around, Get Out
Related verbs: Break, Get Around, Get Out
Generic synonyms: Tell
Derivative terms: Disclosure, Discovery, Divulgement, Divulgence, Expose, Exposure, Giveaway, Revealing, Revelation
Definition of Bring out
1. Verb. To elicit, evoke, or emphasize a particular quality. ¹
2. Verb. (chiefly British) To place (something new for public sale) on the market; roll out. ¹
3. Verb. (chiefly British) To make a shy person more confident. ¹
4. Verb. (chiefly British) To cause a visible symptom such as spots or a rash ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Bring out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"169, Morgan questions the so-called purity of the germ cells and points out that in various cases it is possible to bring out certain characters which ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1904)
"... been our custom for the past two years to bring out only one "star" book of fiction in the Spring season. This year, however, we shall publish two ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... victorious Fleet to bring out of Cyprus his own Troops, and such of the Ireland. Cyprian Army and Nobility, as had a Mind to retire from Bondage. Irish. ..."
4. The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People by William Sewel (1844)
"... and yet profess to be the ministers of Christ : but if Christ had sent you, ye would bring out of prison, and out of bondage, and receive strangers. ..."
5. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1847)
"I shall take the speediest method of communicating the event to General McDougall at West Point, who will bring out the militia to our support. ..."