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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 'commes' mean?

   • This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word commence. Did you actually mean commence or commix? Commes is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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   What does comes mean?

   • Define comes. comes synonyms, comes pronunciation, comes translation, English dictionary definition of comes. intr.v. came , come , com·ing , comes 1. a. To advance toward the speaker or toward a specified place; approach: Come to me. b. To advance in a specified...

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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 is the word form of come?

   • Word forms: comes , coming , came language note: The form come is used in the present tense and is the past participle. Come is used in a large number of expressions which are explained under other words in this dictionary. For example, the expression 'to come to terms with something' is explained at 'term'.

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   What idioms contain come?

   • Idioms Most idioms containing come are at the entries for the nouns or adjectives in the idioms, for example come a cropper is at cropper. (informal) to be very clever, stupid, etc. to play the part of a particular type of person; to behave in a particular way Don't come the innocent with me. come again?

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   What does the time has come mean?

   • The time has come (= now is the moment) to act. His first goal came in the 81st minute. come as something His resignation came as no surprise. Her death came as a terrible shock to us. More details of the event are coming soon. [transitive] come to do something used in questions to talk about how or why something happened

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   Confused and hurried activity of any kind; disturbance, commotion; tumult, bustle. (a) Tumult, excited and disorderly commotion. (b) Civil commotion or disorder. Disturbed or unsettled state; confusion, disorderliness. Riotous conduct, disorder; a disturbance or commotion. (in later use English regional (northern) and.

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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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   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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   come with something The new edition of the game comes with a whole range of upgrades. + adj. (informal) New cars don't come cheap (= they are expensive) . This luxury villa comes complete with its own private swimming pool.

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   There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun comes. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. comes has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. Roman history (late 1500s) medieval history (late 1500s) military (late 1500s) astronomy (late 1700s) anatomy (1830s) physiology (1830s) music ...

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   Sep 2, 2024 · The seer man revealed that the "comess" (conflict, trouble, confusion) this man was experiencing was linked to cuckoldry (perhaps his own; this part of the story was left vague), explaining that the neighbors "had worked obeah” on him and his family, "put[tin] graveyard dirt and many other things in a buried heap" under the outside stairs.