come
/kʌm/
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Type
Verb
Meaning
To move toward or arrive at a particular person, place, or position.
Several guests will come to the house around six this evening.
To happen, occur, or arrive in time.
Summer vacation cannot come quickly enough for the exhausted students.
To occupy a specified order, position, or rank.
Safety should always come first when operating heavy industrial machinery.
To become available or be produced in a specific form, size, or color.
These leather hiking boots come in four distinct shades of brown.
To reach a particular state, condition, or realization through a process.
The committee finally came to a consensus after hours of fierce debate.
To have a particular place or thing as an origin or source.
My grandparents come from a small town in Ohio.
Where is that strange noise coming from?
Collocations
- come to an end
- come first
- come in handy
- come to a conclusion
- come clean
Idioms
come what may
regardless of what happens
We plan to finish the construction project by Friday, come what may.
come to terms with
to gradually accept a difficult situation
She needed time to come to terms with the sudden job loss.
come up with
to think of an idea or plan
We need to come up with a better name for the app.