Come Definition
kŭm
came, comes, coming
verb
came, comes, coming
To move from a place thought of as “there” to or into a place thought of as “here”:
Webster's New World
To approach or reach by or as by moving toward.
Webster's New World
To advance in a specified manner.
The children came reluctantly when I insisted.
American Heritage
To fare.
How are things coming today? They're coming fine.
American Heritage
To arrive or appear.
Help will come.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
Semen ejaculated during orgasm.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
interjection
Used to express irritation, impatience, remonstrance, etc.
Oh come! it's not that bad.
Webster's New World
idiom
come a cropper
- To fail utterly.
American Heritage
come again
- Used as a request to repeat what was said.
American Heritage
come clean
- To confess all.
American Heritage
come down on
- To punish, oppose, or reprimand severely and often with force:
a district attorney who came down hard on drug dealers.
American Heritage
come down to
- To confront or deal with forthrightly:
When you come right down to it, you have to admit I'm correct.
- To amount to in essence:
It comes down to this: the man is a cheat.
American Heritage
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Come
- come a cropper
- come again
- come clean
- come down on
- come down to
- come down with
- come in for
- come into (one's) own
- come off it
- come out with
- come to blows
- come to grief
- come to grips with
- come to light
- come to terms with
- come true
- come up against
- come up with
- as good as they come
- come about
- come across
- come across (as)
- come again?
- come alive
- come along
- come and get it!
- come around
- come at
- come back
- come between
- come by
- come down
- come down on
- come down with
- come forward
- come in
- come in for
- come into
- come of age
- come off
- come off it!
- come on
- come on!
- come on to
- come out
- come out for
- come out with
- come over
- come through
- come to
- come up
- come upon
- come up to
- come up with
Origin of Come
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Middle English comen from Old English cuman gwā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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