Meaning of come in English
Verb
comeEtymology
Old English cuman, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch komen and German kommenDefinitions
1. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebodyExamples
- « He came singing down the road »
- « Come with me to the Casbah »
- « come down here! »
- « come out of the closet! »
- « come into the room »
Antonyms
- 2. reach a destination
Examples
- « arrive by movement or progress »
- « She arrived home at 7 o'clock »
- « She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight »
Antonyms
- 3. come to pass
Examples
- « arrive, as in due course »
- « The first success came three days later »
- « It came as a shock »
- « Dawn comes early in June »
- 4. reach a state, relation, or condition
Examples
- « The water came to a boil »
- « We came to understand the true meaning of life »
- « Their anger came to a boil »
- « I came to realize the true meaning of life »
- 5. to be the product or result
Examples
- « Melons come from a vine »
- « Understanding comes from experience »
- 6. enter or assume a condition, relation, use, or position
Examples
- « He came into contact with a terrorist group »
- « The shoes came untied »
- « I came to see his point of view »
- « her face went red with anger »
- « The knot came loose »
- « Your wish will come true »
- 7. be found or available
Examples
- « These shoes come in three colors »
- « The furniture comes unassembled »
- 8. come forth
Examples
- « A scream came from the woman's mouth »
- « His breath came hard »
- 9. be a native of
Examples
- « She hails from Kalamazoo »
- 10. extend or reach
Examples
- « The water came up to my waist »
- « The sleeves come to your knuckles »
- 11. exist or occur in a certain point in a series
Examples
- « Next came the student from France »
- 12. come from
Examples
- « be connected by a relationship of blood, for example »
- « She was descended from an old Italian noble family »
- « he comes from humble origins »
- 13. cover a certain distance
Examples
- « She came a long way »
- 14. come under, be classified or included
Examples
- « fall into a category »
- « This comes under a new heading »
- 15. happen as a result
Examples
- « Nothing good will come of this »
- 16. add up in number or quantity
Examples
- « The bills amounted to $2,000 »
- « The bill came to $2,000 »
- 17. develop into
Examples
- « This idea will never amount to anything »
- « nothing came of his grandiose plans »
- 18. be received
Examples
- « News came in of the massacre in Rwanda »
- 19. come to one's mind
Examples
- « suggest itself »
- « It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary »
- « A great idea then came to her »
- 20. proceed or get along
Examples
- « How is she doing in her new job? »
- « How are you making out in graduate school? »
- « He's come a long way »
- 21. experience orgasm
Examples
- « she could not come because she was too upset »
- 22. have a certain priority
Examples
- « My family comes first »