Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coming-out

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.36 in modern English

Syllables: com-ing-out
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of coming out of the closet

Example Sentences

"As he learns how much of himself he has suppressed in his quest for respectability, as he slowly and reluctantly begins to be a whole person, we will hear echoes of our own comings-out."

Inflected Forms

coming-outs (plural) comings-out (plural)

Questions

What does coming-out mean?: The act of coming out of the closet

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