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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her" [syn: uncover, bring out, unveil, reveal]
2: bring out of a specific state [syn: bring out, let out]
3: prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper" [syn: publish, bring out, put out, issue, release]
4: direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets" [syn: bring out, set off]
5: bring onto the market or release; "produce a movie"; "bring out a book"; "produce a new play" [syn: produce, bring on, bring out]
6: encourage to be less reserved; "The teacher tried to bring out the shy boy"
7: take out of a container or enclosed space; "Get out your best dress--we are going to a party!" [syn: bring out, get out]
8: bring before the public for the first time, as of an actor, song, etc. [syn: introduce, bring out]
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; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1579 1. a. to make apparent b. to effectively develop (as a quality) 2. a. to present to the public b. to introduce formally to society 3. utter

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. When a person or company brings out a new product, especially a new book or CD, they produce it and put it on sale. A journalist all his life, he's now brought out a book. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P 2. Something that brings out a particular kind of behaviour or feeling in you causes you to show it, especially when it is something you do not normally show. He is totally dedicated and brings out the best in his pupils. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

Produce, expose, show, exhibit, bring forth, bring to light.

Moby Thesaurus

affect, arouse, betoken, brandish, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring to light, bring to notice, call forth, call out, call up, chime in, come out with, dangle, declare, deduce, deliver, demonstrate, derive, develop, disclose, display, divulge, drag out, dramatize, draw forth, draw out, educe, elicit, embody, emit, enact, engrave, evidence, evince, evoke, exhibit, expose to view, express, flaunt, flourish, get from, get off, get out, get out of, give forth, give sign, give token, hectograph, highlight, illuminate, impress, imprint, incarnate, indicate, induce, issue, make clear, make plain, manifest, materialize, mean, mimeograph, multigraph, obtain, overprint, parade, perform, present, print, procure, produce, proof, prove, publish, pull, pull a proof, put forth, put out, put to bed, put to press, reissue, represent, reprint, reveal, roll out, rouse, run, run off, secure, send forth, set forth, show, show forth, spotlight, stamp, state, stimulate, strike, summon forth, summon up, tell, throw out, token, trot out, unfold, utter, wangle, wangle out of, wave, winkle out, worm out, worm out of