come
/kʌm/ verb A1- To move nearer to the point of perspective. · She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes the wrong way […]
- To move toward the speaker. · I called the dog, but she wouldn't come.· Stop dawdling and come here!
- To move toward the listener. · Hold on, I'll come in a second.· You should ask the doctor to come to your house.
- To move toward the object that is the focus of the sentence. · No-one can find Bertie Wooster when his aunts come to visit.· Hundreds of thousands of people come to Disneyland every year.
- To move toward the agent or subject of the main clause. · King Cnut couldn't stop the tide coming.· He threw the boomerang, which came right back to him.
- To move toward an unstated agent. · The butler should come when called.
- To arrive.
- To appear; to manifest itself; to cause a reaction by manifesting. · The pain in his leg comes and goes.· The news came as a shock.
Plural come · He/she/it comes · Past came · Past participle come · -ing form coming
Verb forms
- Base form
- come
- He/she/it
- comes
- Past
- came
- Past participle
- come
- -ing form
- coming
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- come about To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to ...
- come across Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, ...
- come after To pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.
- come along To accompany.
- come apart Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, ...
- come around To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or app...
- come away To become separated from something.
- come back To return to a place.
- come by To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily.
- come down To descend, fall down, collapse.
- come forward To offer help or information, especially about a crime.
- come in To enter.
From the library
Come, tell me all the good fortune that has befallen you.”
“Come, come,” said the young man, “a glass of wine, father, will revive you.
“Come, come, cheer up, my dear father!
They say joy never hurts, and so I came to you without any warning.
Other matches
- come An exclamation to express annoyance. C2
- come Used to indicate a point in time at or after wh... C2
- come Semen. C2
- come about To come to pass
- come across Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
- come after To pursue or follow
- come along To accompany.
- come apart Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
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