bring out

verb

1. make visible (Freq. 9)

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Summer brings out bright clothes

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He brings out the best in her

• Syn: ↑uncover, ↑unveil, ↑reveal

• Hypernyms: ↑show

• Hyponyms: ↑disclose, ↑expose, ↑excavate, ↑unearth, ↑trot out, ↑unfold

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

2. bring out of a specific state (Freq. 2)

• Syn: ↑let out

• Hypernyms: ↑let go of, ↑let go, ↑release, ↑relinquish

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s somebody PP

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Somebody ——s something PP

3. prepare and issue for public distribution or sale (Freq. 1)

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publish a magazine or newspaper

• Syn: ↑publish, ↑put out, ↑issue, ↑release

• Derivationally related forms: ↑release (for: ↑release), ↑issue (for: ↑issue), ↑issuer (for: ↑issue), ↑publication (for: ↑publish), ↑publisher (for: ↑publish), ↑publishing (for: ↑publish)

• Hypernyms: ↑publicize, ↑publicise, ↑air, ↑bare

• Hyponyms: ↑edit

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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They won't bring out the story

4. direct attention to, as if by means of contrast (Freq. 1)

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This dress accentuates your nice figure!

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I set off these words by brackets

• Syn: ↑set off

• Hypernyms: ↑stress, ↑emphasize, ↑emphasise, ↑punctuate, ↑accent, ↑accentuate

• Hyponyms: ↑pick up, ↑foreground, ↑highlight, ↑spotlight, ↑play up, ↑raise

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

5. bring onto the market or release

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produce a movie

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bring out a book

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produce a new play

• Syn: ↑produce, ↑bring on

• Derivationally related forms: ↑production (for: ↑produce), ↑producer (for: ↑produce)

• Hyponyms: ↑offer

• Cause: ↑appear

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

6. encourage to be less reserved

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The teacher tried to bring out the shy boy

• Hypernyms: ↑encourage

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

7. take out of a container or enclosed space

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Get out your best dress—we are going to a party!

• Syn: ↑get out

• Hypernyms: ↑unpack, ↑take out

• Hyponyms: ↑winkle, ↑winkle out

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

8. bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc.

• Syn: ↑introduce

• Hypernyms: ↑introduce, ↑present, ↑acquaint

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

9. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

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The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold

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The actress won't reveal how old she is

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bring out the truth

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he broke the news to her

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unwrap the evidence in the murder case

• Syn:

↑unwrap, ↑disclose, ↑let on, ↑reveal, ↑discover, ↑expose, ↑divulge, ↑break, ↑give away, ↑let out

• Derivationally related forms:

↑giveaway (for: ↑give away), ↑divulgement (for: ↑divulge), ↑divulgence (for: ↑divulge), ↑exposure (for: ↑expose), ↑expose (for: ↑expose), ↑discovery (for: ↑discover), ↑revelation (for: ↑reveal), ↑revealing (for: ↑reveal), ↑disclosure (for: ↑disclose)

• Hypernyms: ↑tell

• Hyponyms:

↑blackwash, ↑muckrake, ↑blow, ↑out, ↑come out of the closet, ↑come out, ↑spring, ↑betray, ↑bewray, ↑confide, ↑leak, ↑spill the beans, ↑let the cat out of the bag, ↑talk, ↑tattle, ↑blab, ↑peach, ↑babble, ↑sing, ↑babble out, ↑blab out, ↑reveal

• Verb Group: ↑break, ↑get out, ↑get around

• Cause: ↑break, ↑get out, ↑get around

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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Somebody ——s something to somebody

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Somebody ——s that CLAUSE

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bring out [phrasal verb]

1 bring out (something) or bring (something) out

1 a : to show (something) : to cause (something) to appear or to be more easily seen

The debate brought out [=highlighted] the differences between the two candidates.

That blue sweater really brings out the color in your eyes.

Our school aims to bring out [=develop] the talents in each of our students.

A crisis brings out the best in some people and brings out the worst in others. [=a crisis causes some people to behave very well and other people to behave very badly]

1 b : to produce (something, such as a book) : to cause (something) to become available or to come out

a writer who's expected to bring out a new novel next year

2 bring (someone) out in (something) Brit : to cause (someone) to begin to have (something, such as a rash) on the skin

Eating strawberries brings me out in spots. [=eating strawberries makes me break out in spots]

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