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   come

   /kʌm/

   verb

   • 1. move or travel towards or into a place thought of as near or familiar to the speaker: "Jessica came into the kitchen" Similar move nearermove closerapproachadvanceneardraw nighdraw close/closerdraw near/nearerproceedmake progressmake headwayforgeOpposite go away
   • ▪ arrive at a specified place: "we walked along till we came to a stream" Similar arriveget here/therereach one's destinationmake itappearput in an appearancemake an appearancecome on the scenecome upapproachenterpresent oneselfturn upbe alongcome alongmaterializereachinformal:show upshowroll inroll upblow inshow one's faceOpposite leave
   • ▪ (of a thing) reach or extend to a specified point: "women wore slim dresses that came all the way to their shoes" Similar reacharrive atmeetget toget up toget as far asmakemake it toset foot ongainattaincome acrossrun acrossrun intohappen onchance onlight oncome uponstumble onblunder onfind by chanceend up atland up atfetch up atinformal:hitwind up atbump intoarchaic:run againstextendstretchcontinuecarry onspreadreachcome as far asnot stop untilOpposite stop short of
   • ▪ approach: "someone was coming"
   • ▪ travel in order to be with a specified person, to do a specified thing, or to be present at an event: "the police came"
   • ▪ join someone in participating in a specified activity or course of action: "do you want to come fishing tomorrow?"
   • ▪ said to someone when correcting or reassuring someone: "Come, come, child, don't thank me"
   • 2. occur; happen; take place: "twilight had not yet come" Similar happenoccurtake placecome abouttranspirefallpresent itselfcrop upmaterializearisearriveappearsurfaceensuefollowliterary:come to passbefallbetidearchaic:haprare:eventuate
   • ▪ be heard, perceived, or experienced: "a voice came from the kitchen"
   • 3. take or occupy a specified position in space, order, or priority: "prisons come well down the list of priorities"
   • ▪ achieve a specified place in a race or contest: "she came second among sixty contestants"
   • ▪ interfere with or disturb the relationship of (two people): "I let my stupid pride come between us"
   • 4. pass into a specified state, especially one of separation or disunion: "his shirt had come undone"
   • ▪ eventually reach a certain condition or state of mind: "he had come to realize she was no puppet"
   • 5. be sold, available, or found in a specified form: "the cars come with a variety of extras" Similar be availablebe madebe producedbe for salebe on offer
   • 6. have an orgasm. informal Similar climaxachieve orgasmorgasmvulgar slang:cum

   preposition

   • 1. when a specified time is reached or event happens: informal "I don't think that they'll be far away from honours come the new season"

   noun

   • 1. semen ejaculated by a man at an orgasm. informal

   Word Origin Old Englishcuman, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch komen and German kommen.

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   What does come mean in a sentence?

   • Vicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway. This wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight. Come definition: to approach or move toward a particular person or place. See examples of COME used in a sentence.

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   What is come verb?

   • Definition of come verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [intransitive] to move to or towards a person or place + adv./prep. He left and said he was never coming back. He came into the room and shut the door. She comes to work by bus. My son is coming home soon. Come here! Come and see us soon! There's a storm coming.

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   What does it mean when you come to a place?

   • When you come to a place, you move towards it or arrive there. She came into the room. 31 meanings: 1. to move towards a specified person or place 2. to arrive by movement or by making progress 3. to become.... Click for more definitions.

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   What is the difference between come and go?

   • Come or go? We use come to describe movement between the speaker and listener, and movement from another place to the place where the speaker or listener is. We usually use go to talk about movement from where the speaker or listener is to another place. … We often use and in common fixed expressions.

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   come: [verb] to move toward something : approach. to move or journey to a vicinity with a specified purpose. to reach a particular station in a series. to arrive in due course. to approach in kind or quality. to reach a condition or conclusion. to advance toward accomplishment : come along. to advance in a particular manner. to advance, rise, ...

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   COME definition: 1. to move or travel towards the speaker or with the speaker: 2. to move or travel in the…. Learn more.

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   Come definition: to approach or move toward a particular person or place. See examples of COME used in a sentence.

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   31 meanings: 1. to move towards a specified person or place 2. to arrive by movement or by making progress 3. to become.... Click for more definitions.

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   vb ( mainly intr) , comes, coming, came or come. 1. to move towards a specified person or place: come to my desk. 2. to arrive by movement or by making progress. 3. to become perceptible: light came into the sky. 4. to occur in the course of time: Christmas comes but once a year.

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   Come November, the high-season horror of traffic jams subsides. [transitive] come to do something used in questions to talk about how or why something happened.

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   COME definition: 1. to move or travel towards a person who is speaking or towards the place that they are speaking…. Learn more.