Definitions for come-on
come-on

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetenernoun

   anything that serves as an enticement

2. lure, enticement, come-onverb

   qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

3. come on, come out, turn up, surface, show upverb

   appear or become visible; make a showing

   "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"

4. approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come nearverb

   move towards

   "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

5. progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape upverb

   develop in a positive way

   "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"

6. go on, come up, come onverb

   start running, functioning, or operating

   "the lights went on"; "the computer came up"

7. come onverb

   occur or become available

   "water or electricity came on again after the earthquake"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. come-onnoun

   an inducement offered to attract someone to buy something, or visit somewhere

2. come-onnoun

   a proposal, especially a sexual or romantic one

Matched Categories

1. • Enticement

Anagrams for come-on »

1. oncome

How to pronounce come-on?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of come-on in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of come-on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of come-on in a Sentence

1. Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri:

   He can come on with a relatively genteel persona that is calm, or he can come in very aggressive and be aggressive in a way that you would not normally see a presidential, you know Republican nominee behave and so we're preparing for either one. Fox News can confirm that two of the most experienced debate strategists – D.C. lawyer Karen Dunn and former Al Gore aide Ron Klain -- have been overseeing the Westchester County debate prep. Dunn famously told President Obama to punch Mitt Romney in the mouth after a lackluster debate performance in 2012. The Clinton campaign and surrogates meanwhile are trying to get under Trump’s skin by circulating a 19-page list of Trump’s.

2. David Knight:

   Many of these devices are poorly protected at best and consumers have virtually no way to detect or fix infections when they do occur, enterprises may find distributed attacks increasing as more and more of these devices come on-line and attackers find additional ways to exploit them.

3. Elijah Cummings:

   Come on, man. What’s that about?” U.S. Rep. Cummings

4. President George W. Bush:

   Come on. Give me a break. I mean, do we want to win? Do we want to insult 53% of all voters? what Donald Trump said is wrong. That is not how we win elections.

5. Tony Robbins:

   I don’t think you should go to your garden, and there are weeds there, and [you] start chanting, ‘There are no weeds, there are no weeds, there are no weeds.’ Come on! you have to see the weeds so you can rip them out.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=come-on
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Come-on