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Definition of 'COME'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) come
to approach or move toward someone or something:
Come a little closer.

2.  come
to arrive by movement or progression:
The train is coming.

3.  come
to approach or arrive in time, in succession, etc.:
Christmas comes once a year.

4.  come
to move into view; appear.

5.  come
to extend; reach:
The dress comes to her knees.

6.  come
to take place; occur; happen:
Her aria comes in the third act.

7.  come
to be available, produced, offered, etc.:
Toothpaste comes in a tube.

8.  come
to occur to the mind:
An idea came to me.

9.  come
to befall:
They promised no harm would come to us.

10.  come
to issue; emanate; be derived:
Pearls come from oysters.

11.  come
to arrive or appear as a result:
This comes of carelessness.

12.  come
to enter or be brought into a specified state or condition:
to come into popular use.

13.  come
to do or manage; fare:
How are you coming with your term paper?

14.  come
to enter into existence; be born:
The baby came at dawn.

15.  come
to have been a resident or to be a native of (usu. fol. by from):
to come from Florida.

16.  come
to become:
My shoe came untied.

17.  come
to seem to become:
His fears made the menacing statues come alive.

18.  come
(used imperatively to call attention or to express impatience, reproof, etc.):
Come, that will do!

19. (v.t.) come
to assume the role or semblance of:
to come the grand inquisitor.

20.  come
come about,

21.  come
to come to pass; happen.

22.  come
Naut. to tack.

23.  come
come across,

24.  come
Also, come upon. to find or encounter, esp. by chance.

25.  come
to do what one has promised or is expected to do.

26.  come
to be understandable or convincing:
The humor doesn't come across.

27.  come
to make a particular impression:
He comes across as a cold person.

28.  come
come again, (used as a request to repeat a statement.)

29.  come
come along,

30.  come
to accompany a person or group on a trip or the like.

31.  come
to proceed or advance:
The project is coming along on schedule.

32.  come
to appear:
An opportunity came along to invest in real estate.

33.  come
come around or round,

34.  come
to recover consciousness; revive.

35.  come
to change one's opinion, decision, etc., esp. to agree with another's.

36.  come
to visit.

37.  come
to cease being angry, hurt, etc.

38.  come
come at,

39.  come
to arrive at; attain.

40.  come
to rush at; attack.

41.  come
come back,

42.  come
to return, esp. to one's memory.

43.  come
to return to a former position or state.

44.  come
come between, to estrange; separate:
Jealousy came between the brothers.

45.  come
come by, to obtain; acquire.

46.  come
come down,

47.  come
to lose wealth, rank, etc.

48.  come
to be handed down by tradition or inheritance.

49.  come
to be relayed or passed along from a higher authority:
Our orders will come down tomorrow.

50.  come
to lead or point fundamentally:
It all comes down to a sense of pride.

51.  come
come down on or upon,

52.  come
to voice one's opposition to.

53.  come
to reprimand; scold.

54.  come
come down with, to become afflicted with (an illness).

55.  come
come in,

56.  come
to enter.

57.  come
to arrive.

58.  come
to come into use or fashion.

59.  come
to begin to produce or yield:
The oil well finally came in.

60.  come
to finish in a competition, as specified:
Our team came in fifth.

61.  come
come in for, to receive; get; be subjected to:
to come in for much praise.

62.  come
come into,

63.  come
to acquire; get.

64.  come
to inherit.

65.  come
come off,

66.  come
to happen; occur.

67.  come
to reach the end; acquit oneself:
to come off well.

68.  come
to be effective or successful:
The last chapter just doesn't come off.

69.  come
come on,

70.  come
Also, come upon. to meet or find unexpectedly.

71.  come
to make progress; develop; flourish.

72.  come
to appear on stage; make one's entrance.

73.  come
to begin to be shown, broadcast, etc.

74.  come
(used chiefly in the imperative) to hurry; begin:
Come on, before it rains!

75.  come
please (used as an entreaty or in persuasion) :
Come on, have dinner with us.

76.  come
Slang. to make sexual advances.

77.  come
come out,

78.  come
to be published; appear.

79.  come
to become known; be revealed.

80.  come
to make a debut in society, the theater, etc.

81.  come
to end; terminate; emerge:
The lawsuit came out badly for both sides.

82.  come
to make more or less public acknowledgment of being homosexual.

83.  come
come out with, to reveal by stating; blurt out.

84.  come
come over,

85.  come
to happen to; affect:
What's come over him?

86.  come
come round,

87.  come
(of a sailing vessel) to head toward the wind; come to.

88.  come
to come around.

89.  come
come through,

90.  come
to endure adversity, illness, etc., successfully.

91.  come
to fulfill needs or meet demands.

92.  come
come to,

93.  come
to recover consciousness.

94.  come
to amount to; total.

95.  come
to take the way off a vessel, as by bringing her head into the wind or anchoring.

96.  come
come under,

97.  come
to be the province or responsibility of:
This matter comes under the State Department.

98.  come
come up,

99.  come
to be referred to; arise:
Your name came up in conversation.

100.  come
to be presented for action or discussion:
The farm bill comes up on Monday.

101.  come
come up to,

102.  come
to approach; near.

103.  come
to compare with as to quantity, excellence, etc.; equal.

104.  come
come up with, to produce; supply.

105. (n.) come
Slang.

106.  come
come off it,

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE cuman, c. OS cuman, OHG queman, coman, ON koma, Go qiman; akin to L venīre to come, Gk baínein to go, Skt gácchati (he) goes)

Definition of 'COME'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

2. (verb) come, come up
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"

3. (verb) arrive, get, come
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
"She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

4. (verb) come
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"

5. (verb) come
reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position
"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"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true"

6. (verb) come, follow
to be the product or result
"Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"

7. (verb) come
be found or available
"These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled"

8. (verb) issue forth, come
come forth
"A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard"

9. (verb) hail, come
be a native of
"She hails from Kalamazoo"

10. (verb) come
extend or reach
"The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles"

11. (verb) come
exist or occur in a certain point in a series
"Next came the student from France"

12. (verb) come
cover a certain distance
"She came a long way"

13. (verb) fall, come
come under, be classified or included
"fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"

14. (verb) come
happen as a result
"Nothing good will come of this"

15. (verb) total, number, add up, come, amount
add up in number or quantity
"The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"

16. (verb) come, add up, amount
develop into
"This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"

17. (verb) come, come in
be received
"News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"

18. (verb) occur, come
come to one's mind; suggest itself
"It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"

19. (verb) derive, come, descend
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"

20. (verb) do, fare, make out, come, get along
proceed or get along
"How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"

21. (verb) come
experience orgasm
"she could not come because she was too upset"

22. (verb) come
have a certain priority
"My family comes first"

Definition of 'COME'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) come
to move toward a speaker or a place mentioned by the speaker
Please come here.; Would you like to come to the lake with us?; Someone was coming along the path.; Kids, come and get your backpacks.

2.  come
Here comes sb
sb is coming
Look, here comes Chris!

3.  come
to happen or occur
First came the heat, and then came the fires.; Her remarks came as a surprise to me.

4.  come
to change or start to be in a particular state
Everything must come to an end.; a new law that comes into force next month; My shoe had come untied.

5.  come
to be at or reach a particular level or position
Flood water came as high as the second floor.; G comes before H in the alphabet.

6.  come
to exist or be sold in a particular form
a shirt that comes in three different colors

7.  come
come from behind
to win after being in a losing position
They came from behind to win the championship.

8.  come
come naturally to sb
to be easy for sb to do
Doing math came naturally to him.

9.  come
how come?
used to ask how or why
"She's decided not to do it." "Oh, how come?"

10.  come
to come
about to happen
Life would be hard in the weeks to come.

Definition of 'COME'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) COME
to move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go

2. (noun) COME
to complete a movement toward a place; to arrive

3. (noun) COME
to approach or arrive, as if by a journey or from a distance

4. (noun) COME
to approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act of another

5. (noun) COME
to arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear

6. (noun) COME
to get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with a predicate; as, to come untied

7. (noun) COME
coming

8. COME
of Come

9. (verb) COME
to carry through; to succeed in; as, you can't come any tricks here

Translation of 'COME'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to move etc towards the person speaking or writing, or towards the place being referred to by him Come here!; Are you coming to the dance?; John has come to see me; Have any letters come for me?
Afrikaans: kom	Arabic: يَجيء	Bulgarian: пристигам
Brazilian: vir	Czech: přijít, přijet	German: kommen
Danish: komme	Greek: έρχομαι, φτάνω	Spanish: venir
Estonian: tulema	Farsi: آمدن	Finnish: tulla
French: venir, arriver	Hebrew: לָבוֹא	Hindi: आना
Croatian: doći, stići, dospjeti	Hungarian: jön	Indonesian: datang
Icelandic: koma	Italian: venire, arrivare	Japanese: 来る
Korean: 다가 오다	Lithuanian: ateiti, atvykti	Latvian: nākt; ierasties
Malay: datang	Dutch: komen	Norwegian: komme
Polish: przyjść	Persian: آمدن	Pashto: راتلل
Portuguese: vir	Romanian: a veni; a ajunge	Russian: приходить; идти
Slovak: prísť	Slovenian: priti	Serbian: doći
Swedish: komma	Thai: มายัง	Turkish: gelmek
Taiwanese: 來	Ukrainian: приходити, приїжджати	Urdu: آنا ، حرکت کرنا
Vietnamese: đi đến	Chinese: 来
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