come

/kʌm/

verb 26
noun 3
exclamation 2
preposition 1
forms 11
phrases 20

verb26

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to move toward the person who is speaking or toward the place where they are
- She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes the wrong way […]
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To move toward the speaker.
- I called the dog, but she wouldn't come.
- Stop dawdling and come here!
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To move toward the listener.
- Hold on, I'll come in a second.
- You should ask the doctor to come to your house.
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To move toward the object that is the focus of the sentence.
- No-one can find Bertie Wooster when his aunts come to visit.
- Hundreds of thousands of people come to Disneyland every year.
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To move toward the agent or subject of the main clause.
- King Cnut couldn't stop the tide coming.
- He threw the boomerang, which came right back to him.
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To move toward an unstated agent.
- The butler should come when called.
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To arrive.
- Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,[…], and the light of the reflector fell full upon her. — 1897
To have as an origin, originate.
To have a certain social background.
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To be or have been a resident or native.
- Where did you come from?
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To have been brought up by or employed by.
- She comes from a good family.
- He comes from a disreputable legal firm.
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To begin (at a certain location); to radiate or stem (from).
- The river comes from Bear Lake.
- Where does this road come from?
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To become, to turn out to be (often in set phrases and certain collocations).
- come undone
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(figurative) To approach or reach a state of being or accomplishment.
- They came very close to leaving on time. His test scores came close to perfect.
- One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart.
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To appear; to manifest itself; to cause a reaction by manifesting.
- The pain in his leg comes and goes.
- The news came as a shock.
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To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
- He's as tough as they come.
- Our milkshakes come in vanilla, strawberry and chocolate flavours.
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To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
- Which letter comes before Y? Winter comes after autumn.
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To begin (to have an opinion or feeling).
- We came to believe that he was not so innocent after all.
- She came to think of that country as her home.
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To happen.
- This kind of accident comes when you are careless.
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(slang, vulgar) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
- She came after a few minutes.
- Come in me!
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To do something by chance or unintentionally.
- Could you tell me how the document came to be discovered?
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(figurative) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
- He came to SF literature a confirmed technophile, and nothing made him happier than to read a manuscript thick with imaginary gizmos and whatzits.
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(informal) To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of; to assume the role of.
- Don’t come the innocent victim. We all know who’s to blame here.
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(slang) To carry through; to succeed in.
- You can't come any tricks here.
To germinate.
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To become butter by being churned.
- when butter does refuse to come — 1662

noun3

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(slang, vulgar) Semen.
- When a man uses a condom during sex, he takes all of his come with him, preventing her from getting pregnant.
(slang, vulgar) Female ejaculatory discharge.
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(no longer used) Coming, arrival; approach.
- “If we count three before the come of thee, thwacked thou art, and must go to the women.” — 1869

exclamation2

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(formal, old-fashioned) An exclamation to express annoyance.
- Come, come! Stop crying.
- Come now! Things could be worse.
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(formal, old-fashioned) An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
- Come, come! You can do it.
- Come now! It won't bite you.

preposition1

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Used to indicate a point in time at or after which a stated event or situation occurs.
- Leave it to settle for about three months and, come Christmas time, you'll have a delicious concoction to offer your guests.
- Come retirement, their Social Security may turn out to be a lot less than they counted on.

forms

comed · came · camedst · camest · comedst · comen · coming · cameth · comes · cometh · comest

Phrases with come