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Definition: Meaning of, come in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / kʌm /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
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Present Participle Third Person Singular
coming comes
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  1. move towards somebody/something to move towards you or arrive at the place where you are
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  2. go with somebody if someone comes with you, they go to a place with you
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  3. travel to a place to travel to or reach a place
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  4. post if a letter etc comes, it is delivered to you by post [=  arrive]
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  5. happen if a time or an event comes, it arrives or happens
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  6. reach a level/place [always + adverb/preposition] to reach a particular level or place
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  7. be produced/sold [always + adverb/preposition] to be produced or sold with particular features
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  8. order [always + adverb/preposition] to be in a particular position in an order, a series, or a list
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  9. come open/undone/loose etc to become open etc
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  10. come to do something to begin to have a feeling or opinion
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  11. come to do something to do something by chance, without planning or intending to do it
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  12. come and go to be allowed to go into and leave a place whenever you want
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  13. come and go to keep starting and stopping
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  14. take something as it comes to accept something as it happens, without trying to plan for it or change it
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  15. have something coming (to you) informal to deserve to be punished or to have something bad happen to you
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  16. as nice/as stupid etc as they come informal extremely nice, stupid etc
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  17. for years/weeks/days etc to come used to emphasize that something will continue for a long time into the future
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  18. in years/days to come in the future
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  19. have come a long way to have made a lot of progress
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  20. come as a surprise/relief/blow etc (to somebody) to make someone feel surprised, pleased, disappointed etc
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  21. come easily/naturally (to somebody) to be easy for someone to do
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  22. come of age to reach the age when you are legally considered to be an adult
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  23. come of age to develop into an advanced or successful form
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  24. come right out with something/come right out and say something informal to say something in a very direct way, often when other people think this is surprising
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  25. come clean informal to tell the truth about something you have done
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  26. not know whether you are coming or going informal to feel very confused because a lot of different things are happening
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  27. come good/right British English informal to end well, after there have been a lot of problems
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  28. come to pass literary to happen after a period of time
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  29. sex informal to have an ORGASM
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  30. spoken come in! used to tell someone who has knocked on your door to enter your room, house etc
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  31. spoken how come? used to ask someone why or how something happened
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  32. spoken come to think of it/come to that used to add something that you have just realized or remembered
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  33. spoken come July/next year/the next day etc used to talk about at a particular time in the future
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  34. spoken come again? used to ask someone to repeat what they have just said
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  35. spoken don't come the innocent/victim/helpless male etc with me British English used to tell someone not to pretend that they are something they are not in order to get sympathy or help from you
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  36. spoken come (now) old-fashioned used to comfort or gently encourage someone
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  37. spoken come, come!/come now old-fashioned used to tell someone that you do not accept what they are saying or doing
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[uncountable] [informal]
  1. a man's SEMEN (= the liquid he produces during sex)
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come used in phrases

  • O Come All Ye Faithful
    1. the title and first words of a popular Christmas CAROL (= a traditional religious song)
  • come a cropper (verb)
    1. informal fail badly, get caught out, fall
  • come again
    1. indicates incomprehension, a request to repeat for clarification
  • come alive (verb)
    1. stop sleeping
  • come clean (verb)
    1. admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
  • come close (verb)
    1. nearly do something
    2. be close or similar
  • come forth (verb)
    1. come out of
    2. happen or occur as a result of something
  • come hell or high water (adverb)
    1. in spite of all obstacles
  • come home (verb)
    1. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
  • come in handy (verb)
    1. be useful for a certain purpose
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come used in phrasal verbs

  • come about (phrasal verb)
    1. to happen, especially by chance
    2. if a ship comes about, it changes direction
  • come across (phrasal verb)
    1. [transitive] come across someone/something to meet someone, or to find something by chance
    2. come across or come over [intransitive] if someone or something comes across in a particular way, you have a particular opinion of them when you meet them or see them
  • come across with (phrasal verb)
    1. come across with something to provide something that is needed or wanted
  • come after (phrasal verb)
    1. come after someone to try to find or catch someone, usually in order to punish or harm them
  • come along (phrasal verb)
    1. to arrive, or to become available
    2. to go somewhere with someone
  • come apart (phrasal verb)
    1. if an object comes apart, it separates into pieces, either because it has been made that way or because it is very old or in very bad condition
    2. come apart at the seams
  • come around (phrasal verb)
  • come at (phrasal verb)
    1. come at or come for come at/for someone to suddenly move towards someone in order to threaten them or attack them physically
    2. come at someone if things such as questions or pieces of information come at you, they are directed at you in order to influence or affect you
  • come away (phrasal verb)
    1. British English if one thing comes away from another that it was fixed to, it becomes separated from it by accident
    2. to leave in a particular state or condition
  • come back (phrasal verb)
    1. to return to a place
    2. to start to happen or exist again
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