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come about
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Princeton's WordNet
happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take placeverb
come to pass
"What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
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come aboutverb
To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen.
come aboutverb
To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking. See also come to.
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come about
"Come about" generally means to happen or occur. It is often used to describe the process or events leading up to a particular situation or result. It can also mean to change direction, especially in reference to a vehicle or vessel like a ship or boat.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of come about in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of come about in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of come about in a Sentence
I would be surprised if a strike doesnt come about because I think each side has a real interest in demonstrating the dominance of their positions.
The mechanism by which these blood clotting abnormalities come about, and why they affect this very small proportion of individuals, has still not been properly worked out.
It'll be a lot of interviews and things that come about before the writing of my song, ‘God Bless the U.S.A.,’ and then the years following.
I am often asked by the media and others, 'How did it come about that Donald Trump, the most unpopular presidential candidate in the modern history of our country, won the election?' my answer is that Trump didn't win the election -- the Democratic Party lost the election.
The point is change can come about, but it only comes about when millions of people are actively involved in political struggle, the billionaires may have the money, but we have the people.
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