COMES

Definition: COMES

COMES

Noun

1. The answer to the theme (dux) in a fugue.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "COMES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Comes \Co"mes\, noun. [Latin expression, companion.]. (references)

Aerospace

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Absence of Choice

Noun: no choice, Hobson's choice; first come first served, random selection; necessity; not a pin to choose; (equality); any, the first that comes; that or nothing.

Accompaniment

Phrase: noscitur a sociis; virtutis fortuna comes.

Attribution

Why? wherefore? whence? how comes it, how is it, how happens it? how does it happen?

Verb: attribute to, ascribe to, impute to, refer to, lay to, point to, trace to, bring home to; put down to, set down to, blame; charge on, ground on; invest with, assign as cause, lay at, the door of, father upon; account for, derive from, point out the reason; theorize; tell how it comes; put the saddle on the right horse.

Celebration

Interjection: hail! all hail! io paean, io triumphe! " see the conquering hero comes!".

Conciseness

Adverb: concisely; Adjective: briefly, summarily; in brief, in short, in a word, in a few words; for shortness sake; to come to the point, to make a long story short, to cut the matter short, to be brief; it comes to this, the long and the short of it is.

Content

Phrase: nothing comes amiss.

Equality

Phrase: it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing; what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Guilt

Phrase: cui prodest scelus in fecit; culpam paena premit comes; "O would the deed were good!"; "responsibility prevents crimes" se judice nemo nocens absolvitur; "so many laws argues so many sins". -- p. --

Impulse

Say what comes uppermost; improvise, extemporize.

Inquiry

Adverb: what? why? wherefore? whence? whither? where? quaere? how comes it, how happens it, how is it? what is the reason? what's the matter, what's in the wind? what on earth? when? who? nicht wahr?.

Knowledge

Phrase: one's eyes being opened; (disclosure); ompredre tout c'est tout pardonner; empta dolore docet experientia;gr/gnothi seauton/gr "half our knowledge we must snatch not take"; Jahre lehren mehr als Bucher; "knowledge comes but wisdom lingers"; "knowledge is power"; les affaires font les hommes; nec scire fas est omnia; "the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds"; was ich nicht weiss macht mich nicht heiss.

Punishment

Phrase: culpan paena premit comes; "eating the bitter bread of banishment"; gravis ira regum est semper; sera tamen tacitis paena venit pedibus; suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo.

Relief

Phrase: "here comes a man of comfort".

Crosswords: COMES

Latin (associate, be furnished, clothe, companion, comrade, comrade /count, Count, covered with hair, deck with hair, devotee, Earl, follower of another, friend, goat's beard or salsify, magnate, occupant of any state office, official, one or more plants of the genus Tragopogon, partner, soldier, something hair-like).

If you ever want something badly, let it go. If it comes back to you, then it's yours forever (Indecent Proposal; writing credit: Amy Holden Jones)

But when it comes down to it, who is holding the umbrella (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters)

Thanks. It comes from growing up in a rough neighborhood (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein)

Which of these two letters comes first, this one or this one (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman)

The truth is that, while we Welsh like to believe that it was the mountains that beat the successive invaders, it was really the weather that comes with mountains (The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a ; writing credit: Christopher Monger.)

I Just Want To Be With Someone When The Night Comes (When The Night Comes; performing artist: Joe Cocker)

And when it comes it moves so slow (Then The Morning Comes; performing artist: Smash Mouth)

IF IT COMES BACK TO YOU IT'S YOURS (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah)

It only comes out when the moon is on the run (Spanish Harlem; performing artist: Aretha Franklin)

When we're in love, that's when it comes (Last Night; performing artist: Az Yet)

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Success comes in cans, not can'ts. (references; author: unknown)

If corn oil comes from corn, where does baby oil come from? (references; author: unknown)

The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary. (references; author: unknown)

Fear grows from what we don't know, faith comes from what we do. (references; author: unknown)

Love Comes Quietly (1973)

Here Comes Every Body (1972)

Kim Comes Home (1972)

Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971)

If Tomorrow Comes (1971)

If Tomorrow Never Comes (performing artist: Garth Brooks)

November Comes (performing artist: Hollow Men)

Here Comes The Hotstepper (performing artist: Ini Kamoze)

HERE COMES SUMMER  (performing artist: Jerry Keller )

When The Night Comes (performing artist: Joe Cocker)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Cabin Fever: Rustic Style Comes Home (reference)

• Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes From, How It Sabotages Our Lives (reference)

• The Fifth Gospel: The Gospel of Thomas Comes of Age (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Rebondir Comes With Rebondir Hors Series (reference)

• Science & Vie Junior Comes With Hors Series (reference)

• New York Stock Exchange Comes With Otc I & Otc Ii - Weekly Ed (reference)

• Medical Letter On Drugs & Therapeutics Comes With Adverse Drug Reaction Bulletin - Italian Ed (reference)

• Federal Labor Relations Reporter Comes With Federal Merit Systems Reporter (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Bulldog Drummond Escapes / Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (reference)

• Dr. Seuss - The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (reference)

• Here Comes a Rollercoaster and Other Fun-Filled Rides (reference)

• Here Comes The Eighth Day (reference)

• Here Comes the Groom (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• When Bush Comes to Shove (reference)

• Christmas Comes Anew (reference)

• What Goes Around Comes Around (reference)

• Long Expectant Comes at Last (reference)

• He May Be Your Man (But He Comes to See Me Sometimes) (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Fetco International Mesh Magnetic Wall Collage Comes with 3 Magnets (Walnut) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Surreal Sphere to Sphere" by Lennart Agborn. Use the Scrollbar to vary A. The graph initially comes up blank; you must vary A to see it.

The phrase "big fish eat little fish" may hold true when it comes to planets and stars. ... Credit: NASA.

It's a very big universe out there, and an astronomer's work is never done when it comes to ... Credit: NASA.

Recruiting and personnel work made easy Native comes out of bush with boar on hip Photo #1 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Fishing for blues in the bay - NOAA/NODC employees Melanie Hamilton and Chapman Hom watch as yet another Bluefish comes aboard. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Bogoslof Island, a chronic piece of land that comes and goes with various eruptions. Presently above the water surface and a home for marine mammals and birds. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Aurora Australis -shaft of red light appears laser-like but in reality comes from interaction between auroral display and normal light bulb. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Power block operator monitors the net as it comes aboard. If need be, he will stop the net in case of a problem. Credit: Fisheries.

Standard instrument shelter (called a Stevenson Screen) used by NSSL. Shelter houses temperature, pressure, and relative humidity instruments. Observer comes to shelter to take readings. The shelter is a wooden box painted white with double-louvered sides. It is mounted on a stand 4 feet above the ground. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Yellow iron oxide comes from hydrothermal vents; white is bacterial mat. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

If, however, the heir of any one of the aforesaid has been under age and in wardship, let him have his inheritance without relief and without fine when he comes of age. (reference)

Hence it comes to pass, that we seldom find any number of men live any time together in this state. (Second Treatise of Government)

Until an Egyptian law of judicial organization establishing courts with universal jurisdiction comes into force, provision shall be made, by means of decrees issued by His Highness the Sultan, for the exercise of jurisdiction over German nationals and property by the British Consular Tribunals. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I have a very strong notion that it comes from him.

Thus the sumtotal of the coils comes right though the working is all wrong

It comes from other regions, Ebenezer Scrooge, and is conveyed by other ministers, to other kinds of men.

My old faith, long forgotten, comes back to me, and explains all that we do, and all we suffer

From its most terrible blows comes a caress for the human race

Pray to Our Blessed Lady when that sin comes into your mind

In married life affection comes when people thoroughly dislike each other

Unless for that he comes to be your liege, You cannot guess wherefore the Welshman comes

Three dollars a day, and it comes every day.

There is no play in them, for this comes after work

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Estrogen alone comes in many forms. (references)

That help comes in the form of a vaccine. (references)

Read the information that comes with the medicine. (references)

Business

Most GHG comes from the energy sector. (references)

However, most of their income comes from maintenance and services. (references)

The Polish products are, however, competitive when it comes to prices. (references)

Children

Albania

School attendance is mandatory through the eighth grade (or until age 18, whichever comes first). (references)

Micronesia

Children may leave school when they reach the age of 14 or after completing the 8th grade, whichever comes first. (references)

Sao Tome and Principe

Education is compulsory through the sixth grade; however, education after the sixth grade or the age of 14, whichever comes first, is not free. (references)

Civil Liberties

Yemen

Some journalists claim that most harassment comes from the police, in particular the CID, and no longer the PSO. (references)

Honduras

It competes directly with rival publications for scarce revenues from advertising, much of which comes from the Government itself. (references)

India

Nonviolent pressure on journalists comes from official sources as well: the editor of the vernacular daily newspaper Naharolgi Thoudang was arrested in 2000 on charges of indulging in antinational activities. (references)

Economic History

Vietnam

The bottom line generally comes down to price. (references)

Malaysia

Europe's share comes to 11.7% of the companies. (references)

Uruguay

FDI comes from North America, Europe and MERCOSUR roughly by thirds. (references)

Human Rights

Zambia

Punishment, if any, usually comes years after the abuse was committed. (references)

Tunisia

The law provides persons indicted for criminal acts the right to appeal their indictment before the case comes to trial. (references)

Thailand

Most free legal aid comes from private groups, including the Law Society of Thailand and the Thai Women Lawyers Association. (references)

Political Economy

FRANCE

Government support of agricultural production comes mainly from the budget of the European Union under the Common Agricultural Policy. (references)

Sierra Leone

There is little manufacturing, and there are few exports; approximately 70 percent of the Government's budget comes from foreign assistance. (references)

TAIWAN

Legislation was passed in May 1998 to permit the eventual establishment of foreign legal partnerships either upon accession to the WTO, or upon implementation of the new lawyer's law, whichever comes first. (references)

Political Rights

Cote d'Ivoire

President Gbagbo has improved ethnic and regional balance in the Government by including members from 13 different ethnic groups: 11 members of Gbagbo's cabinet were from the Krou group (Bete, Dida, Guere, and Wobe); 3 were from the Southern Mande group (Gban, Gouro, and Yacouba) in the western provinces from which Gbagbo comes; and 3 ministers from the north (Northern Mande and Senoufo). (references)

Trade

Trinidad

Most financing, like most investment, comes from overseas sources. (references)

Kenya

Funding comes from the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). (references)

Travel

Ireland

The pound comes in paper currency of £5, £10, £20, £50 and £100 notes. (references)

Italy

If a reply comes in English then the subsequent correspondence with the Italian firm can be in English. (references)

Chile

American citizens must pay a fee of $61.00 at the international check-in point and must be prepared to pay the exact amount in dollars; the visa is valid for ten years or the date of expiration of the U.S. traveler's passport, whichever comes first. (references)

Worker Rights

China

Over 90 percent of Tibet's budget income comes from outside sources. (references)

Zimbabwe

Although the Government encouraged the ZCTU's formation, anticipating that it would form the labor arm of ZANU-PF, it no longer controls the ZCTU; most of the leadership of the opposition MDC party comes from the ZCTU. (references)

Mauritania

The independent press, which includes journals that are published by Haratines and southern-based ethnic groups who emphasize issues of importance to these ethnic groups, also is quick to report any incident that comes to its attention in which the rights of former slaves have not been respected. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The grace that comes from God

Expressions using "COMES": ad what? why? wherefore? whence? whither? where? quaere? how comes it ♦ All is grist that comes to his mill ♦ culpam paena premit comes ♦ culpan paena premit comes ♦ here comes this terror! ♦ how comes it that? ♦ it comes to this ♦ nothing comes amiss ♦ please god he comes ♦ say whatever comes uppermost ♦ take each day as it comes ♦ tell how it comes ♦ The anchor comes home ♦ the first that comes ♦ then my ship comes home ♦ virtutis fortuna comes ♦ when it comes to crunch ♦ when it comes to the pinch ♦ when it comes to the push ♦ when the time comes ♦ whence comes it that? ♦ whoever comes will be welcome ♦ why? wherefore? whence? how comes it. Additional references.

Ending with "COMES": out-comes.

Albanian

vjen (draw in, feel, follow, leap, reek, spring). (various references)

Chinese 

来 (Came, Come, Coming). (various references)

Czech

když přijde na lámání chleba (when it comes to crunch), až přijdu k penìzùm (then my ship comes home). (various references)

Danish

vandet frigoeres ved mejselslag (the water comes out of the cheeks of the pick), perioden for elastisk deformation af proeven ender med en spids-den oevre flydegraense-saa kommer et omraade,den nedre straekgraense,under hvilken proeven forlaenger sig under saa godt som uforandret last;dette kaldes flydeomraadet (the period of elastic deformation for mild steel ends at the upper yield point, then Comes a flat stage corresponding to the lower yield point during which the test-piece elongates under quasi-Constant load; this is the lower yield stress), naar paavirkningens hastighed stiger og temperaturen saenkes,bliver slip mere og mere vanskeliggjort,og en anden,hurtigere deformationsmekanisme traeder i funktion,nemlig tvillingdannelse (at high strain rates or at low temperatures of deformation slip becomes more difficult and another more rapid mechanism of deformation Comes into play: this is twinning), bliver taaget (mist comes down), afdeling,som behandler sagen (Chamber before which the case comes). (various references)

Dutch

komt (come). (various references)

Finnish

vastaa odotuksia (comes up to expectations), tulee mieleen (comes to mind), tulee lailliseen ikään (comes of age), se on hänelle luontaista (it comes natural to him), rokko puhkeaa (the rash comes out), pahimmassa tapauksessa (if the worst comes to the worst), kun tiukka tulee (at a pinch, if it comes to a pinch, when the crunch comes), kun on kyseessä (when it comes to ., when it is a question of), kaikki (all, all everything, all I have, altogether, every, everything, everything that comes my way, mitä eteeni sattuu, mitä minulla on, whole entire), jos siksi tulee (come to that, if it comes to that), jos niikseen tulee (come to that, if it comes to that), jos kovalle ottaa (if it comes to a pinch), hän nai ensimmäisen (he'll marry the first that comes, joka tielle osuu). (various references)

French

vient. (various references)

German

kommt. (various references)

Greek 

όταν πρόκειται για (when it comes to), όταν η ταχύτητα παραμόρφωσης είναι μεγάλη ή όταν η θερμοκρασία παραμόρφωσης είναι χαμηλή,οι ολισθήσεις γίνονται πιο δύσκολα με αποτέλεσμα (at high strain rates or at low temperatures of deformation slip becomes more difficult and another more rapid mechanism of deformation Comes into play: this is twinning), σημαντικό θέμα για τον καθορισμό οριακών τιμών συγκέντρωσης κόνεως είναι εάν πλησίον του ολικού ή σωρευτικού αποτελέσματος της έκθεσης στ (a vital question when it comes to establishing dust limits), η περίοδος της ελαστικής παραμόρφωσης ενός μαλακού χάλυβα τερματίζεται στο ανώτερο σημείο ροής;στην συνέχεια εμφανίζεται μία ομαλή μεταβ� (then Comes a flat stage corresponding to the lower yield point during which the test-piece elongates under quasi-Constant load; this is the lower yield stress), η υγεία προέχει (health comes first), η ομίχλη πέφτει (mist comes down), τμήμα στο οποίο έχει ανατεθεί ή υπαχθεί η υπόθεση (Chamber before which the case comes), το νερό εξέρχεται από τις παρειές της εκσκαφτικής σκαπάνης (the water comes out of the cheeks of the pick). (various references)

Guarani

ou (he comes). (various references)

Hungarian

természetes számára (it comes natural to him), magától értetődő számára (it comes natural to him), jó családból származik (comes from good stock, he comes of a good family, to come of a good line), ügyét jövő héten tárgyalják (his case comes up next week). (various references)

Icelandic

kemur. (various references)

Irish

dtí. (various references)

Italian

venni (appear, appearance, become, come, emerge, get, grow, narrow). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

老少不定 (Death comes to old and young alike), 猿も木から落ちる (anyone can make a mistake, even Homer sometimes nods, even monkeys fall from trees, pride comes before a fall), 点く (comes on, to catch fire), チェレンコフ効果 (cello, cembalo, change, changer, Cherenkov effect, harpsichord, pitch that comes toward the batter at a speed slower than expected, violoncello), 楽有れば苦有り (After pleasure comes pain), 正夢 (dream that comes true). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

チェンジアップ (pitch that comes toward the batter at a speed slower than expected), まさゆめ (dream that comes true), さるもきからおちる (anyone can make a mistake, even Homer sometimes nods, even monkeys fall from trees, pride comes before a fall), つく (comes on, to accompany, to adhere, to adjoin, to arrive at, to attach to, to attack, to be added to, to be attached, to be connected with, to be dyed, to be recorded, to be scarred, to be stained, to become allied to, to breathe, to catch fire, to disgorge, to follow, to haunt, to increase, to nudge, to pick at, to poke, to possess, to reach, to settle in, to start, to strike, to study, to study with, to take, to tell, to thrust, to vomit), ろうしょうふてい (Death comes to old and young alike), らくあればくあり (After pleasure comes pain). (various references)

Korean 

온다. (various references)

Pig Latin

omescay.(various references)

Portuguese

uma questão importante para a fixação de valores limites de empoeiramento é a de se saber se para além do efeito global,ou cumulativo,da exposição às poeiras,há também um efeito de pico (a vital question when it comes to establishing dust limits, is whether there is a peak effect alongside the cumulative exposure effect), secção à qual o processo tenha sido atribuído ou remetido (Chamber before which the case comes), a água sai pela parte frontal do martelo picador (the water comes out of the cheeks of the pick). (various references)

Romanian

vine. (various references)

Russian 

приходить (came, come). (various references)

Somali

socda (coming). (various references)

Sotho

tswang (comes out). (various references)

Spanish

cuando la velocidad de deformación es alta y la temperatura de deformación es baja, los deslizamientos se vuelven cada vez más difíciles y entra en juego otro mecanismo más rápido de deformación, que es la hemitropía (at high strain rates or at low temperatures of deformation slip becomes more difficult and another more rapid mechanism of deformation Comes into play: this is twinning), Una cuestión importante para la fijación de valores límite de empolvamiento es saber si, además del efecto global o acumulativo de la exposición al polvo, se ha constatado también un efecto máximo. (a vital question when it comes to establishing dust limits, is whether there is a peak effect alongside the cumulative exposure effect), Sala a la que se ha atribuido o asignado el asunto (Chamber before which the case comes), nervio mandibular (a sensory root which comes from the Gasserian ganglion, and the motor root of the trigeminal, mandibular nerve, the third division of the trigeminal nerve consisting of two roots), el período de deformación elástica del acero dulce finaliza en el límite elástico superior y después aparece una etapa plana correspondiente al límite elástico inferior, durante la cual la probeta se alarga bajo una carga casi constante, denominad (the period of elastic deformation for mild steel ends at the upper yield point, then Comes a flat stage corresponding to the lower yield point during which the test-piece elongates under quasi-Constant load; this is the lower yield stress), El agua sale por los lados del pico. (the water comes out of the cheeks of the pick). (various references)

Swedish

kommer (come). (various references)

Thai

หากสถานการณ์คับขันที่สุด (if the worst comes to the worst). (various references)

Turkish

aklına geleni söylemek (say whatever comes uppermost). (various references)

Xhosa

uvela (Comes from). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "COMES": comestible, comestibles. (additional references)

Words ending with "COMES": becomes, downcomes, incomes, misbecomes, outcomes, overcomes, welcomes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"COMES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cames, Camesi, camest, cfms, cgms, chomes, cimes, cims, cmea, Cmis, cmos, cobes, coes, coges, comae, comags, comans, comaq, comaz, comdef, comed, comeh, comen, comense, comeo, comest, comex, comey, comins, comio, comish, comism, comiss, comme, commem, Commes, commessi, Commey, commis, commish, Commius, commrs, comms, comnes, comod, compess, comrs, coms, Comsec, comte, Comtec, Comtech, Comtek, Comtes, comtest, comul, comum, comus, conese, coneys, conse, Consejo, consu, cooes, Coomlees, cooms, coses, cozes, cpones, crohmes, cumecs, cumes, cumis, cums, Cuomos, cwms, icoms, Komech, kromes, Mcjones, omes, shomes, womes. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: come, mocs, some.

-2 letters: cos, ems, moc, mos, oes, oms, ose, sec, som.

-3 letters: em, es, me, mo, oe, om, os, so.

+1 letter: cameos, celoms, chemos, combes, comers, comets, comose, comtes, cymose, mucose, schmoe, socmen.

+2 letters: becomes, bemocks, caeomas, chromes, cleomes, coeloms, coempts, comakes, comates, combers, comedos, commies, compels, compose, consume, coombes, cormels, costume, echoism, exosmic, incomes, medicos, mesonic, miscode, mockers, mooches, mouches, mucosae, mycoses, pomaces, recombs, schmoes, smocked, sockmen.

+3 letters: acrosome, calomels, camisole, capsomer, caseworm, cembalos, centimos, chefdoms, chompers, coassume, coelomes, coliseum, columels, comakers, comatose, combines, comedies, comfiest, comfreys, comities, commends, comments, commixes, commodes, commoves, communes, commutes, compares, compeers, compends, comperes, competes, compiles, complies, composed, composer, composes, compotes, compress, comprise, computes, comrades, condemns, consomme, consumed, consumer, consumes, contemns, corpsmen, cosmetic, cosmoses, costumed, costumer, costumes, costumey, cramboes, customer, cymosely, decorums, demotics, dioecism, domestic, echoisms, exorcism, hemlocks, homesick, incomers, isocheim, isochime, isomeric, leucomas, mesocarp, microbes, miscoded, miscodes, monocles, moochers, mortices, moschate, mucrones, myoscope, outcomes, polemics, racemose, racemous, romances, schmoose, schmooze, scleroma, semicoma, semiotic, sermonic, smooched, smooches, solecism, stockmen, sycamore, sycomore, vicomtes, welcomes.