Come

Definition: Come

Come

Verb

1. Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room".

2. Reach a destination; arrive by movement or by making progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "He got into college"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight".

3. Come to pass; 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; "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; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience".

6. Enter or assume a condition, relation, use, or position; "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; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled".

8. Come forth; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard".

9. Be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo".

10. : extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles".

11. : exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came the student from France".

12. : come from; 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: "She came a long way".

14. : come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading".

15. : happen as a result; "Nothing good will come of this".

16. : add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000".

17. : develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans".

18. : be received, as of news on the radio or television; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda".

19. : come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her".

20. : proceed or get along; "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; "she could not come because she was too upset".

22. : have a certain priority; "My family comes first".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

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

Multilingual Slang

Slang

Slang in 1811

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

Synonyms: Come

Arrival

Verb: arrive; get to, come to; come; reach, attain; come up with, come up to; overtake, make, fetch; complete; join, rejoin.

Eventuality

Verb: happen, occur; take place, take effect; come, become of; come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on; pass, present itself; fall; fall out, turn out; run, be on foot, fall in; befall, betide, bechance; prove, eventuate, draw on; turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up; supervene, survene; issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course; pass off; (be past).

Crosswords: Come

German (mandatorial), Italian (as, as well as, both ... and, for, how, like, such, such as, what, what ... like, whereby), Lombard (as, how, like, such as).

I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans who are trained to kill me, so don't think you can come down here, flash a badge, and make me nervous (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

Why don't you come up to my place (On the Town; writing credit: Adolph Green and Betty Comden)

Hell, I am Mother Nature, and the time has come for plants to take back the world so rightfully ours (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

I would if it didn't give me a shock every time I come near it (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry)

Though the fire seemed to spread through the quarter, I stood on that deck, fearful he would come out again from the very river, like some monster, to destroy us both (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

NEVER COME HOME,I GOTTA GO JUST GIMME THE WHIP (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah)

All I want is you, come over here baby (Come On Over (All I Want Is You) (Radio Edit); performing artist: Christina Aguilera)

Ahh, it'll take a little time, might take a little crime to come undone (Come Undone; performing artist: Duran Duran)

Oh I will come to you (I Will Come To You; performing artist: Hanson)

Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love (Come and Get Your Love; performing artist: Real McCoy)

Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. (references; author: Mark Twain)

If the people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em. (references; author: Yogi Berra)

Wisconsin: Come Cut The Cheese (references; author: unknown)

If innocence can leave, guilt can come. (references; author: unknown)

If a cow laughed, would milk come out her nose? (references; author: unknown)

Come kick six sticks quick. (references; author: unknown)

On the Come Up at the Source Awards (2001)

Bello come un arcangelo (1974)

May We Come In? (1974)

Come On Children (1973)

The Harder They Come (1973)

Come Go With Me (performing artist: The Beach Boys)

Come Back Liza (performing artist: Harry Belafonte)

Come Go With Me (performing artist: The Del Vikings)

Come Together (And Build A Barn) (performing artist: The Electric Amish)

COME SOFTLY TO ME  (performing artist: Fleetwoods )

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

References

• Ecisa Engenharia Come Ind SA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Aaron Carter: Come Get It (reference)

• Come And Abide (We Are All The Same Inside) (reference)

• When the Women Come Out to Dance (reference)

• Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics That Will Be Able to Come Forward As Science (Hpc Classics Series) (reference)

• I Was Dreaming to Come to America: Memories from the Ellis Island Oral History Project (reference)

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Periodicals

• Come To America (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Cinderella II - Dreams Come True (reference)

• Come Undone (reference)

• The Harder They Come - Criterion Collection (reference)

• Snoopy, Come Home (reference)

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Music

• Come Along [EXTRA TRACKS] (reference)

• Waiting for My Rocket to Come (reference)

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High Tech

• Avery Manifold Inventory Tag Carbon Come 500 Per Carton (reference)

• Segway Human Transporter -- First come, first served for delivery starting March 2003 (reference)

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

By 1911, the staff had come to realize the need for a hospital connected to Gratwick laboratories. The result was the Cary Pavillion, a 30-bed hospital. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Treating pets with insecticidal dust to kill fleas that could come into contact with humans can help control the spread of plague bacteria. Credit: CDC.

Someday our Milky Way Galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy may come crashing together ... Credit: NASA.

Egyptian tomb painting from 1450 B.C. showing officer with sounding pole Officer is telling crew to come ahead slow Engineers with cat-o'-nine-tails assuring proper response from engines. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Wiredrag diagram The basic principle is to drag a wire attached to two vessels If the wire encounters an obstruction it will come taut and form a "V". Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Point Udall Millennium Monument. A sundial was erected here, the easternmost point of United States Territory to commemorate the coming of the new millennium . The marker represents "a continuum between all who have come before and all who are yet to come.". Credit: America's Coastlines.

Sunrise at the Point Udall Millennium Monument. Here the new day begins for the United States in the Western Hemisphere. The marker represents "a continuum between all who have come before and all who are yet to come.". Credit: America's Coastlines.

Aerial photograph of school of 400-500 pound bluefin tuna off Cat Cay, Bahamas Islands. The reason there are only adult tuna in the photo, is that they have come together for spawning. Credit: Fisheries.

West Fork Blackbird Creek, a tailing facility. The structure to the right is a spillway. Several million cubic yards contaminated tailings are behind the dam. Water is diverted into a concrete channel so it does not come into contact with the tailings. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Jellyfish come in many forms, many too fragile to capture in nets. 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.

And when the summons has thus been made, the business shall proceed on the day appointed, according to the counsel of such as are present, although not all who were summoned have come. (reference)

And thus the legislative and executive power come often to be separated. (Second Treatise of Government)

In proportion as the antagonism between classes within the nation vanishes, the hostility of one nation to another will come to an end. (reference)

We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. (The Gettysburg Address)

From the date of this first proces-verbal the Treaty will come into force between the High Contracting Parties who have ratified it. (reference)

I am glad to come to Westminster College this afternoon, and am complimented that you should give me a degree. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

These cases come to us from the States of Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Delaware. (reference)

And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe--the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God. (reference)

Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1936)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

They would hardly come in their chaise, I think, at that season of the year

If it is all his own, he will make a good algebraist in the time to come.

I have come to dinner

But, as for me, I come to the inquest with other senses than they possess

The next day be did not come.

Come to Him, poor sinner, poor vain and erring sinner

Ratcliff, come hither

We come from there

And last the boys and girls would venture to come and play at hide and seek in my hair

Let the reports of all the learned societies come to us, and we will see if they know anything

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Phytoestrogens come from plant-based foods. (references)

They come in the form of eyedrops and pills. (references)

These transporter molecules come in several forms. (references)

Business

Parts mainly come from Russia and Kazakhstan. (references)

To be more competitive, U.S. firms need more ODA to come into Vietnam. (references)

Other makes on the market come from Korea, China and other European countries. (references)

Children

Thailand

Many are thought to come from neighboring countries, including Cambodia and Burma. (references)

Brazil

A study by the IGBE reported that 47 percent of Sao Paulo street children come from families that earn less than $200 (540 reais) per month. (references)

Denmark

Building regulations require special facilities for the disabled in public buildings built or renovated after 1977 and in older buildings that come into public use. (references)

Civil Liberties

Sri Lanka

The case has not come to trial. (references)

Indonesia

Nonetheless, many foreign clergy come to the country. (references)

Spain

Many such applicants come from politically stable but economically impoverished countries. (references)

Economic History

Haiti

Since then privatization has come to a standstill. (references)

Hungary

Major competitors come from Germany, France and Italy. (references)

India

There is going be a huge demand for bandwith in years to come. (references)

Human Rights

Sri Lanka

It had not come to trial at year's end. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

Civil cases rarely come to public trial. (references)

United Kingdom

Witnesses have been reluctant to come forward. (references)

Indigenous People

Indonesia

In October the Government passed the Papua Special Autonomy Law, which had not come into effect by year's end. (references)

Indonesia

Most civil servants in local governments in Papua and other isolated areas continue to come primarily from other parts of the country, rather than from the local indigenous population. (references)

Taiwan

Some Aborigine leaders have come to believe that only some form of autonomy can preserve their land rights, which constantly are threatened by Chinese developers who use connections and corruption to gain title to aboriginal land. (references)

Minorities

Argentina

The investigation into the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires has come to a virtual standstill. (references)

Germany

Neighbors have expressed concerns about an increase in traffic if visitors come to attend services at the mosque. (references)

Czech Republic

Under the law, individual Roma do not have the right to file discrimination complaints; action must come from governmental authorities. (references)

Political Economy

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Recovery could come by the second quarter of 2002, at the earliest. (references)

Senegal

About 300 Senegalese students come to the United States each year for study. (references)

Poland

Resistance has also come from often-bloated middle management in such enterprises. (references)

Political Rights

Bahrain

Funding will come from taxes collected by the Ministry of Municipalities and the Environment. (references)

Congo

Provincial government resources, both financial and logistical, almost exclusively have come from Kinshasa since Laurent Kabila took control of the Government in 1997. President Joseph Kabila continued his father's practice of filling a disproportionate number of government positions with persons from his home province of Katanga, and specifically from his Muluba ethnic group. (references)

Trade

Sri Lanka

Tobacco, cigarettes and liquor do not come under the two-band rate structure. (references)

Travel

Mexico

Come with a large supply. (references)

Egypt

A few foreign firms come to Egypt and give up after a short stay. (references)

Panama

The applicant must prove his earnings will come from outside of Panama. (references)

Women

Ghana

These abuses usually go unreported and seldom come before the courts. (references)

Indonesia

The regulation has come under considerable attack and renewed scrutiny. (references)

Mexico

Many female victims were reluctant to come forward, and cases were difficult to prove. (references)

Worker Rights

Indonesia

Some teenage prostitutes come from middle class families. (references)

Philippines

Typically they come from families with unemployed or irregularly employed parents. (references)

Mali

If the parties cannot come to agreement, the dispute goes to the Labor Court for decision. (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.

Those who come from pilgrimage or fight

Expressions using "come": alongside come ♦ bad is the best: the worst come to the worst ♦ be still to come ♦ be sure and come in time! ♦ call to come out ♦ come a cropper ♦ come a day after the fair ♦ come a long way ♦ come a purler ♦ come aboard! ♦ come about ♦ come across ♦ come across smb. ♦ come across smth. ♦ come across with ♦ come adrift ♦ come after ♦ come after one another ♦ come again ♦ come again? ♦ come ajar ♦ come alive ♦ come alive again ♦ come along ♦ come along with me ♦ come along! ♦ come alongside ♦ come amiss ♦ come amiss to smb. ♦ come and go ♦ come anew ♦ come apart ♦ come around ♦ come around to one's point of vew ♦ come ashore ♦ come asunder ♦ come at ♦ come at any time ♦ come away ♦ come away with the impression ♦ come away! ♦ come back ♦ come back return to one's first love ♦ come back soon! ♦ come back to earth ♦ come back to life ♦ come back! ♦ come before ♦ come before a judge ♦ come between ♦ come between them ♦ come by ♦ come by chance ♦ come by one's own ♦ come cheaper ♦ come clean ♦ come close ♦ come close to ♦ come close/to ♦ come closer ♦ come down ♦ come down a cropper ♦ come down a peg ♦ come down handsome ♦ come down in favor of smb. ♦ come down in price ♦ come down in sheets ♦ come down in the world ♦ come down on ♦ come down on one's knees ♦ come down on one's marrowbones ♦ come down on the right side of the fence ♦ come down to ♦ come down to business ♦ come down to earth ♦ come down with ♦ come down with a run ♦ come down with smth. ♦ come down with the flu ♦ come down! ♦ come downstairs ♦ come early ♦ come face to face ♦ come fast and furious ♦ come first ♦ come flying ♦ come flying up ♦ come for ♦ come forth ♦ come forward ♦ come forward with smth. ♦ come from ♦ come from a good family ♦ come full circle ♦ come galloping ♦ come gushing out with ♦ come hell or high water ♦ come here ♦ come here all of you! ♦ come here! ♦ come home. Additional references.

Beginning with "come": come-all-ye, Come-along, come-and-go, come-and-go people, come-and-go!, come-and-try, come-at-able, come-back, come-backs, come-capital, come-down, come-downance, come-downs, come-every-week, come-first, come-for, come-from-behind, come-hither, come-hither look, come-hithers, come-home-and-all-will-be-forgiven, come-on, come-on-fred-we-give-you-all-this-advertising-how-about-an-in-depth-profile, come-ons, come-out, Come-outer, come-to, Come-to-skegness, come-to-the-doctor, come-uppance, come-uppances, come-what-may.

Ending with "come": first-come.

Containing "come": coaches-come-locomotives, cookbook-come-autobiography, cross-come-shot, Developer-come-oem, don't-come-here, dream-come-true, first-come-first-serve, first-come-first-served, hard-to-come-by, johnny-come-lately, jukebox-come-end, line-up-outside-the-door-and-you-can't-come-in-until-you're-quiet, living-come-dining, odd-come-short, odd-come-shortly, odd-come-shorts, oral-aggressive-anal-retentive-come-and-see-me-five-times-a-week-for-years-at-vast-expense-or-how-do-i-know-you're-really-committed, Peasant-cuisine-come-to-kensington, soldiers-come-home, un-come-at-able, we-come-from-place-bilong-far-on-big-bird-that-doesn't-go-flap, whatever-negative-description-you-can-come-up-with, what's-your-name-then-and-where-do-you-come-from-you-bloody-foreigner, when-will-it-come-down.

Afrikaans

kom (arrive, let). (various references)

Albanian

ngjet (become, fall out, happen, transpire), bëhet (proceed), disponohet, filloj (begin, commence, develop, embark, enter, fall into, fall on, fall to, get, get down, initiate, lead off, open, originate, rise, set about, set in, set to, set up, start, strike up), gjendet (lie), hyj (come in, enter, get in, go, go in, penetrate, perform, shrink, soak, turn in), kam radhën, kap shumën (total), arrij (achieve, aggregate, amount, appear, arrive, attain, catch, catch up, come at, come off, develop, end up, exact, gain, gain on, get, get along, get around, get at, get down, get on, get through, go in for, grow up, hit, make, obtain, overreach, overtake, reach, run up, seek for, steal, succeed, take, take care, top, total, touch), mbërrij (appear, arrive, draw in, get, show up, turn up), vij nga (come from, hail from), rezulton (ensue, flow from, prove), rrjedh (accrue, arise, come from, course, derive, descend, dote, escape, flow, flow down, flow from, flux, leak, ooze, outflow, proceed, pump, result, run, spring, trickle), shkaktohem, shndërrohet, sillem si (act), vij (arrive, fall, roll by), vij në mendje, luaj (act, enact, fidget with, fool about, fool around, game, interpret, palter, perform, personate, play, playact, toy, twiddle, wiggle, wriggle). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تحدر من (descend, issue), ‏دخل مرحلة كذا, ‏أصاب (bilge, blast, get, hit, infect, inflict, pick off, shoot, strike), ‏أتى (came, derive), ‏جاء (arrive, bring, came, turn up), ‏خطر (adventurous, advise, awkward, challenge, critical, danger, dangerous, embargo, fear, give smb. notice, hazard, importance, jeopardy, parlous, peril, perilous, poisonous, prohibition, proscription, risk, risky, unhealthy), ‏خفق (baulk, beat, beating, bust, collapse, come to grief, dilute, fall, fizzle out, flap, flummox, flunk, go by the board, go wrong, goof, misfire, miss, muddle, pit-a-pat, pound, pulsate, pulsation, throb, whip), ‏عبر (across, act out, carry, clothe, come across, conceive, couch, cross, emit, enunciate, express, express oneself, fly, get through, give voice to, go over, jibe, jump, mouth, navigate, negotiate, pass, phrase, run, signify, slice through, span, swim, track, trans, transit, ventilate, voice), ‏بلغ (accomplish, amount, amount to, attain, break, compass, find, reach, run to), ‏سير نحو النضج, سبق (get, go, to be), ‏حدث (befall, calamity, come about, come by, come off, disaster, episode, event, fall out, flow, go, happen, happening, incident, juvenile, occasion, occur, pass, phenomenon, place, rise, take place, transpire, work, young, youngish, youngling, youngster), ‏حضر (assist, attend, bring, call in, civilize, elaborate, fetch, make, prepare, present, report, send around, turn up), ‏وصل (arrive, attain, befall, butt, check, conduct, connect, convey, hook up, joining, joint, ligature, link, make, mark, plumb, reach, receive, result, roll in, show up, steer, touch, voucher), ‏وقع (be located, befall, come off, drop, dwell, fall, ground smb., happen, land, locate, place, position, rhythm, run, set one's hand to, sign, sign up, site, strike, subscribe, supervene, take place, tumble, underwrite), ‏وقع ضمن, ‏وفق (according to, arrive, quadrate), ‏قدم (advance, age, antiquity, arrive, be age-old, become old, become timeworn, bring forward, bring out, chip, come back, display, extend, foot, get to, give in, move forward, obsolescence, offer, peg, precede, present, produce, proffer, reach, return, set forth, show, submit, tender, turn in), ‏كان من أبناء بلد واحد, ‏ساوى (amount, contain, count, crop, equal, equalize). (various references)