come

/kʌm/

verb 5noun 4intj 2prep 1

Collocations

5

ADJ.

able, all, true

It all came true when she got the job offer yesterday afternoon.

VERB + COME

don't, dreams, like, make, ought

I don't think things like that will ever come true for me.

COME + NOUN

christmas, curse, i'd, maury, thee, thy, way, you'll

Every Christmas comes around, my family gathers at my grandmother's house for dinner.

PREP.

in, on, up, with

My friend came up with a great idea for the party last weekend.

ADV.

willingly

My friend didn't want to go to the party, but she came willingly when I explained how much fun it would be.

Definitions

verb

1

To move nearer to the point of perspective.

She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes the wrong way […]

Look, who comes yonder?

2

To move nearer to the point of perspective.

I called the dog, but she wouldn't come.

Stop dawdling and come here!

3

To move nearer to the point of perspective.

Hold on, I'll come in a second.

You should ask the doctor to come to your house.

4

To move nearer to the point of perspective.

No-one can find Bertie Wooster when his aunts come to visit.

Hundreds of thousands of people come to Disneyland every year.

5

To move nearer to the point of perspective.

King Cnut couldn't stop the tide coming.

He threw the boomerang, which came right back to him.

noun

1

Coming, arrival; approach.

“If we count three before the come of thee, thwacked thou art, and must go to the women.”

2

Semen

When a man uses a condom during sex, he takes all of his come with him, preventing her from getting pregnant.

3

Female ejaculatory discharge.

prep

1

Used to indicate a point in time at or after which a stated event or situation occurs.

Leave it to settle for about three months and, come Christmas time, you'll have a delicious concoction to offer your guests.

Come retirement, their Social Security may turn out to be a lot less than they counted on.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejacula

verb — come to one's mind

occur

verb — reach a destination

verb — proceed or get along

verb — to be the product or result

follow

verb — develop into

amount

verb — add up in number or quantity

verb — come under, be classified or included

fall

verb — come from

verb — be a native of

hail

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

come out of the closet

To disclose to others about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity, where previously this had been kept secret.

He came out of the closet as gay to his friends.

come out

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, out.

The mouse came out of the hole.

until the cows come home

For a very long period of time.

You can crank the engine until the cows come home, but it won’t start without fuel.

come to think of it

By the way; now that I think about it; indicates something brought to mind.

Come to think of it, it's curious that nobody was there.

come down to

To reach by moving down or reducing.

Wait for the temperature to come down to a reasonable level before touching the lid.

Example Bank

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01

She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes the wrong way […]

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02

Look, who comes yonder?

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03

Yet think not that I come to urge thy crimes, / I did not come to curse thee, Guinevere, […]

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04

“If we count three before the come of thee, thwacked thou art, and must go to the women.”

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05

When a man uses a condom during sex, he takes all of his come with him, preventing her from getting pregnant.

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06

Leave it to settle for about three months and, come Christmas time, you'll have a delicious concoction to offer your guests.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, come is marked as obsolete, slang, vulgar, dated, formal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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