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come

UK/kʌm/ US/kʰʌm] ~ [kʰɐm/ very common formal informal slang

verb

1.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

  • “He came singing down the road”
  • “Come with me to the Casbah”
  • “come down here!”
  • “come out of the closet!”
  • “come into the room”
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2.

reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

  • “She arrived home at 7 o”
  • “;”
  • “t get to Chicago until after midnight”
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3.

come to pass; arrive, as in due course

  • “The first success came three days later”
  • “It came as a shock”
  • “Dawn comes early in June”
4.

reach a state, relation, or condition

  • “The water came to a boil”
  • “We came to understand the true meaning of life”
  • “Their anger came to a boil”
  • “I came to realize the true meaning of life”
5.

to be the product or result

  • “Melons come from a vine”
  • “Understanding comes from experience”
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6.

enter or assume a condition, relation, use, or position

  • “He came into contact with a terrorist group”
  • “The shoes came untied”
  • “I came to see his point of view”
  • “her face went red with anger”
  • “The knot came loose”
  • “Your wish will come true”
7.

be found or available

  • “These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled”
8.

come forth

  • “A scream came from the woman”
  • “;”
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9.

be a native of

  • “She hails from Kalamazoo”
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10.

extend or reach

  • “The water came up to my waist”
  • “The sleeves come to your knuckles”
11.

exist or occur in a certain point in a series

  • “Next came the student from France”
12.

come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

  • “She was descended from an old Italian noble family”
  • “he comes from humble origins”
13.

cover a certain distance

  • “She came a long way”
14.

come under, be classified or included

  • “fall into a category”
  • “This comes under a new heading”
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15.

happen as a result

  • “Nothing good will come of this”
16.

add up in number or quantity

  • “The bills amounted to $2,000”
  • “The bill came to $2,000”
17.

develop into

  • “This idea will never amount to anything”
  • “nothing came of his grandiose plans”
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18.

be received

  • “News came in of the massacre in Rwanda”
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19.

come to one''s mind; suggest itself

  • “It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary”
  • “A great idea then came to her”
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20.

proceed or get along

  • “How is she doing in her new job?”
  • “How are you making out in graduate school?”
  • “He”
21.

experience orgasm

  • “she could not come because she was too upset”
22.

have a certain priority

  • “My family comes first”

Origin

From Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt (“to step; to arrive”), from *gʷem- (“to come, step”).

Phrases

  • a bad penny always comes back
  • a long time in coming
  • after Saturday comes Sunday
  • all good things come to an end
  • all good things must come to an end
  • all is fish that comes to the net
  • all things come to those who wait
  • all's fish that comes to the net

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